NEW DELHI: India and Nepal on Monday held the eighth foreign ministry-level meeting of the oversight mechanism to review development projects. Sources said border talks did not feature in the virtual meeting.
The Indian delegation was led by the country’s ambassador to Nepal Vinay Mohan Kwatra while the Nepalese side was led by foreign secretary Shanker Das Bairagi. It comes days after Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli and PM Narendra Modi held a telephonic conversation amid tensions between the two nations over border issues.
“Both sides have agreed to hold the next meeting of the Oversight Mechanism on a mutually convenient date to review the progress made in the implementation of the Government of India assisted economic and development cooperation projects in Nepal,” the Nepalese Foreign Ministry said. “The two sides looked at the progress made in the development projects in the last one year, including reconstruction of 46,301 quake-affected houses in Gorkha and Nuwakot districts, the operationalisation of Motihari-Amlekhgunj cross-border petroleum products pipeline, the Integrated Check Post at Biratnagar and the High Impact Community Development Projects,” it added.