PM Modi: Nepal is India's priority partner

PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday described Nepal as India's priority partner under its "neighbourhood first policy" as he met its governing Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) chairman Rabi Lamichhane.

This is RSP's first high-level visit to India since coming to office. Modi said, "Nepal is a priority partner under our 'Neighbourhood First' policy and we look forward to collaborating with the new govt..." Lamichhane has met home minister Amit Shah and EAM S Jaishankar, besides BJP president Nitin Nabin and is also expected to visit Ayodhya.

Nepal foreign minister Shisir Khanal is also likely to visit India on June 6 for talks with Jaishankar. This will be the first ministerial visit by either side since the formation of the new govt in Nepal headed by Balendra Shah. Khanal had earlier met Jaishankar on the margins of the Indian Ocean Conference in Mauritius.