Indian PM Modi visiting Nepal in mid-May

By TRN Online, Kathmandu, May 4: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is arriving in Nepal on May 16.

UNESCO has stated that the Indian Prime Minister has made a plan to visit Lumbini, the Birthplace of Gautam Buddha, in Nepal on the occasion of the Buddha Purnima (birth anniversary of the Buddha).

Indian PM Modi is reported to be vising Nepal at the invitation of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba during his visit to India on April 1-3.

It is the first Nepal visit by PM Modi after his reelection as the PM in 2019.

Prime Minister Deuba is also scheduled to participate in the programme along with his Indian counterpart Modi.

The Office of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are yet to make an official announcement about the Indian PM's Nepal visit.

An Indian daily newspaper, The Hindu, also mentioned that PM Modi is visiting Nepal in mid-May.