Our Correspondent
President of Nepal Bidya Devi Bhandari will embark on 5 day state visit to India from 17 to 21 April 2017 on the invitation of President Pranab Mukherjee.
This is the maiden state visit of President Bhandari to India after assuming office in October 2015. According to Nepalese Ministry of Foreign Affairs during her visit President Bhandari will hold meetings with President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Minister for External Affairs and some other cabinet ministers will call on President Bhandari. She will also pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat and visit Yamuna Biodiversity Park.
Bhandari will attend a reception and a dinner to be hosted by Nepalese Ambassador to India Deep Kumar Upadhyaya.
Nepalese President will also visit Gujarat and Odisha.
External Affairs Ministry of India in a statement said that upcoming visit of President Bhandari reflects the priority that both India & Nepal attach to further strengthening of their age-old and unique partnership, underpinned by shared historical and cultural linkages and strong people-to-people connections.