Press release on the State Visit of His Excellency the Prime Minister of India to Nepal


Press Release

At the invitation of The Rt. Hon’ble K. P. Sharma Oli, Prime Minister of Nepal, His Excellency Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, is paying a State Visit to Nepal on 11 and 12 May 2018.

The Prime Minister of India will be accorded a ceremonial welcome at Tundikhel in Kathmandu on 11 May 2018. The visiting dignitary will also inspect guard of honour.

During the visit, the Prime Minister of India will pay calls on The Rt. Hon’ble Bidya Devi Bhandari, President, and The Rt. Hon’ble Nanda Bahadur Pun, Vice President. The Prime Minister of Nepal will hold official talks with the Prime Minister of India on 11 May 2018 and exchange views on matters of mutual interest. They will jointly lay the foundation stone of Arun-3 Hydropower Project. The Hon’ble Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, Minister for Foreign Affairs, will call on the Prime Minister of India.

During his stay in Nepal, Prime Minister Modi will also visit Janakpur and Muktinath. He will attend civic receptions to be organized in his honour by Kathmandu Metropolitan City and Janakpur Sub-Metropolitan City in Kathmandu and Janakpur respectively.

This will be his third visit to Nepal as the Prime Minister of India. Earlier, he visited Nepal twice in 2014.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Government of Nepal
04 May 2018