India and Nepal on Thursday signed a slew of agreements as External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held a “comprehensive and productive” assembly along with his Nepalese counterpart NP Saud and mentioned total bilateral ties, commerce, connectivity tasks and cooperation in defence and safety amongst others.

Jaishankar, who arrived in Nepal earlier within the day on his first go to to a overseas nation in 2024, co-chaired with Saud the seventh India-Nepal Joint Commission assembly.

“Discussions focused on our overall bilateral ties, trade & economic relations, land, rail & air connectivity projects, cooperation in defense & security, agriculture, energy, power, water resources, disaster management, tourism, civil aviation, people-to-people & cultural exchanges and development partnership,” Jaishankar mentioned in a publish on X.

The two sides additionally exchanged agreements on implementation of High Impact Community Development Projects, Long Term Power Trade, Cooperation in Renewable Energy Development, Munal Satellite and Handover of fifth tranche of post-Jajarkot earthquake reduction provide.

The two leaders additionally collectively inaugurated three cross-border transmission traces.Nepal’s Foreign Ministry mentioned that numerous facets of Nepal-India relations had been mentioned on the event beneath the thematic areas of financial relations, connectivity, commerce and transit, energy and water assets, training and tradition and political issues amongst others.

Earlier, Jaishankar known as on President Ramchandra Paudel and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ throughout which the 2 sides exchanged substantive views on the age-old, distinctive, and multifaceted Nepal-India relations.

Jaishankar known as on Prime Minister Prachanda on the latter’s workplace ‘Singhdurbar’ and conveyed the nice and cozy needs of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Nepal is essential for India within the context of its total strategic pursuits within the area, and the leaders of the 2 international locations have usually famous the age-old “Roti Beti” relationship.

The nation shares a border of over 1,850 km with 5 Indian states – Sikkim, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Land-locked Nepal depends closely on India for the transportation of products and companies.

In June, Prime Minister ‘Prachanda’ visited New Delhi throughout which each side signed a number of main pacts together with one on rising New Delhi’s import of energy from the neighbouring nation to 10,000 MW within the subsequent 10 years from the present 450 MW.