KATHMANDU, Feb 1: Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has held a discussion with Rastriya Janata Party Nepal leaders on Thursday.

“The discussion was held in a very positive atmosphere,” said RJPN presidium committee coordinator Mahanta Thakur.

During the meetig held at Soaltee Crowne Plaza, RJPN leaders said that people have given them a mandate to amend the constitution adding that it was their parties’ major agenda.

Swaraj, in exchange said that the issue of constitution amendment was Nepal’s internal matters and advised the leaders to move forward in the path of development and prosperity.

In Swaraj’s inquisitive if RJPN would participate in the new government, the RJPN leaders said that joining the new government was not the parties primary agenda.

Swaraj also said that he had come to Nepal to congratulate Nepali people and leaders on election completion and the country’s entering into a new era of development and prosperity.

Earlier, Swaraj had held one-to-one discussion with CPN-UML Chair KP Oli.

KATHMANDU, Aug 10: India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has arrived in Kathmandu on Thursday. She is representing India in the 15^th Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Ministerial Meeting being held in Kathmandu on 10-11 August, 2017.

Swaraj landed at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu at 1:45 pm. She is scheduled to call on Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and President Bidya Devi Bhandari and other senior leaders later in the evening.

She will discuss about the Nepal’s stand on the military standoff between India and China over Doklam plateau, sources confirmed.

The BIMSTEC inaugural session will take palce at 6pm and will be attended by representatives of all member countries – Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Nepal.