IANS, Kathmandu :Prime Minister NarendraModi on Sunday expressed India’s commitment to extend all possible support for Nepal’s socio-economic development.Modi assured India’s help to Nepal’s foreign minister Mahendra Bahadur Pandey, who paid a courtesy call on him after he landed in the Himalayan nation’s capital earlier in the day for a two-day visit.Modi also expressed commitment to further consolidate exchanges and interactions between the people of the two countries, according to a Nepal foreign ministry statement.Prime Minister also stressed the need to implement decisions rather than hold meetings.Nepalese foreign minister, while welcoming Modi, touched upon the warm, cordial and cooperative relationship between Nepal and India.He also highlighted the progress made during the visit to Nepal by India’s external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj between July 25 and July 27 and the meeting of the India-Nepal Joint Commission.He briefly mentioned the important areas of interest and cooperation between the two sides, and gave a brief account of the programme prepared for Modi. Earlier, Modi met his Nepalese counterpart Sushil Koirala here on Sunday afternoon for one-on-one talks, officials said.This meeting be followed by delegation-level discussions between the two countries.A cabinet source told IANS that the political situation in Nepal is likely to dominate the Modi-Koirala meeting besides bilateral as well as regional issues.
