The Foreign Secretary of India, Harsh Vardhan Shringla, who is on a two-day visit to Nepal held a bilateral meeting yesterday with Foreign Secretary of Nepal, Bharat Raj Paudyal.

The Ministry, in a press release issued by Nepal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), said that both parties reviewed various aspects of Nepal-India relations covering trade, transit, connectivity, infrastructure, energy, agriculture, investment, culture, people to people relations, among others.

“They discussed ways to strengthen the strong cultural and civilizational bonds that exist between the two countries and further build on the solid foundation of the multifaceted friendly relations for the benefit of the two countries and peoples,” the press release reads.

The two sides also discussed the boundary dispute between two countries while exchanging view on completing the boundary work in the remaining segments.

Shringla also met President Bidhya Devi Bhandari, Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli and Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali and discussed matter of mutual interest.

Meanwhile, Shringla handed over 2000 vials of Remdesivir to Minister Gyawali, in a ceremony held at MoFA. Shringla will be returning to Delhi today.