Modi congratulates Nepal’s Oli, invites him to India

TIL Desk/World/Kathmandu/Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated Nepal’s new Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli and invited him to visit India. In a telephone call at 10.30 p.m. on Thursday to the CPN-UML chairman who was sworn in as the 41st Prime Minister of Nepal, Modi expressed his best wishes for the successful tenure of Oli’s premiership.

Modi also pledged to provide all possible cooperation for the development of Nepal, according to a statement issued by Oli’s private secretariat. This is the third telephonic conversation between the two leaders after Oli’s party, the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), emerged as the largest party in Nepal’s latest elections.

During the conversation, Oli told his Indian counterpart that his prime focus would be on the development and prosperity of the country. He also pledged to further consolidate friendship with India in the coming days, the statement said.

After the telephone call, Indian Ambassador to Nepal Manjeev Singh Puri visited Oli at his private residence to extend his congratulations. Puri delivered a message from the Indian Prime Minister expressing hope that Nepal would gain stability, economic development and prosperity under Oli’s leadership.