Indian Prime Minister Modi to arrive in Lumbini at 11 am tomorrow

LUMBINI: A delegation led by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in Lumbini tomorrow in course of official visit to Nepal. PM Modi will be arriving here at the invitation of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba. The 11-member Indian delegation is scheduled to arrive here at 11:00 am. His entourage will include India's national security advisor Ajit Doval, foreign secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra,  joint secretaries — Arindam Bagchi and Anurag Srivastava (Ministry of External Affairs) — and joint secretary Rudra Gaurav (Prime Minister's Office) among others. Prime Minister Deuba, his spouse Arzu Rana Deuba, members of the Council of Ministers, Lumbini Province Chief Minister Kul Prasad KC, and Chargé d' affaires Namgya C Khampa of Indian Embassy in Kathmandu, will welcome PM Modi at a helipad built near the Lumbini International Buddhist Meditation Centre and Assembly Hall. Delegation-level talks will be held between Nepal and India tomorrow itself. READ ALSO:

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