Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is likely to embark on a state visit to India before mid-April. However no date has been finalised between the two sides, sources in Kathmandu and New Delhi told the Post.
Earlier, the prime minister had announced that his first foreign visit would be to India. Once the prime minister gets a vote of confidence in the House, expands the Cabinet and new governments are formed in the provinces, the prime minister will have the time for the visit, an aide to Dahal said. These processes could take up to four weeks.
Then the prime minister will visit India, the aide said. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has started groundwork for the visit. Meetings are being held with the line ministries to prepare the agenda, said an official at the ministry.
Diplomatic sources said the proposed date of the visit is April 13–15 but another government official said there had been no discussion with the Indian authorities on the visit’s dates and itinerary.
“Following indications from Delhi that it will invite the prime minister soon, we have started necessary preparations for the visit,” a senior foreign ministry official said. “The visit is expected to take place sometime between the second and third weeks of April.”
