Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Kamal Thapa will visit New Delhi on Saturday with a mission to get halted essential supplies resumed and mending bilateral ties with India that are at their lowest ebb following India’s displeasure with Nepal’s new constitution and subsequent disruption of cargo freights apparently due to agitation at border checkpoints. During a press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thapa said he had received an invitation from India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for a three-day visit to India, beginning Saturday. He would return on Monday. “With this visit, I believe that the disruption in supply of essential goods would come to an end and bilateral relations would improve,” said Thapa.
Admitting that some bitterness has crept in in bilateral relations due to the recent difficulties in supplies, Thapa said it was just a temporary phenomenon. “I hope our bilateral ties will reach new heights,” he said, adding, “I am enthusiastically waiting to meet EAM of India Sushma Swaraj.” “I will seek India’s support to end the disruptions at borders,” Thapa added.
