Nepal announces state visit of PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal to India
Kathmandu, Sept 13 (IBNS): Nepal has announced the four-day schedule of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' to India which will begin this week.
Dahal will make his first foreign visit since taking over as the prime minister of the Himalayan nation last month.
"The Rt. Hon’ble Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, Prime Minister of Nepal, is paying a State Visit to India fromSeptember 15 to 18, 2016 at the cordial invitation of the Prime Minister of India, His Excellency Shri Narendra Modi," read a Nepal government statement.
"The Prime Minister will be accompanied by his spouse, Mrs. Sita Dahal. He will be staying at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi as the State Guest of the Government of India," it said.
The Nepal Prime Minister will attend a reception to be hosted by the Embassy of Nepal in New Delhi on Sept 15.
On Sept 16, he will attend the Ceremonial Reception and inspect a Guard of Honour at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.
He will then pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat.
On the same day, Dahal will pay call on Indian President Pranab Mukherje and hold official meeting with Indian PM Narendra Modi.
During the visit, the Nepal Prime Minister will inspect Nathpa Jhakri Hydropower Project in Himanchal Pradesh and visit Patanjali Yogpeeth and its industrial or manufacturing units in Haridwar.
He will leave for Nepal on Sept 18.
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