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Nepalese prime minister arrives
on six-day India visit

Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday on a six-day state visit. He is scheduled to hold a series of discussions with Indian leaders seeking to enhance dynamism in bilateral ties and focus on issues relating to terrorism, trade and economic cooperation.

Deuba, who will hold wide-ranging parleys with Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Thursday, is expected to seek extended cooperation from India on Nepal's requirements to deal with the problem of Maoist insurgency.

Shortly before he left for New Delhi, he told Nepalese parliament that he would seek support from India in quelling the Maoist insurgency in the Himalayan kingdom.

"It is very important to get support from India in effectively controlling the acts of terrorism by the Maoist rebels in Nepal," Deuba stressed.

"There will also be discussions on getting India's cooperation to block all the support the Maoist terrorists are receiving from across the border," he said.

The visit would also provide an opportunity to review overall Indo-Nepal relations and give a direction to mutually beneficial bilateral cooperation, senior Ministry of External Affairs officials said.

The two sides will sign an agreement on cooperation in the field of science and technology on Thursday.

Deuba, who is on his second visit to India as prime minister, was received at the Delhi airport by Minister of State for Commerce Rajiv Pratap Rudy.

PTI

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