Nepal PM Balendra Shah to visit India from November 22

Learn the reported action together with its current status. In his first bilateral visit since assuming office in March, Nepal’s PM Balendra Shah will embark on a three-day official visit to India from November 22, officials said. The decision is a turnaround for the Nepalese PM, who had earlier decided to not travel overseas for the first year in office.

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Distinguish the reported action from any further step explicitly stated in the report. According to officials, Shah responded positively—that he is looking for a “result-oriented” visit—when Foreign Secretary Misri paid him a courtesy call, and conveyed PM Narendra Modi’s invitation to him.

• In his first bilateral visit since assuming office in March, Nepal’s PM Balendra Shah will embark on a three-day official visit to India from November 22, officials said. • Shah thanked India and Prime Minister Modi for being the first respondent when Nepal was hit by destructive flash floods in August. • According to the Prime Minister’s Office in Nepal, Misri apprised Shah of regular meetings between the two sides on water resources, energy, trade, transit and aviation.