In a bid to address Nepal’s trade concerns, Nepal and India held the Nepal-India Trade Treaty review meeting during February 07-09, 2019.
Senior officials from Nepal and India met at Pokhara to review the 2009 Trade Treaty signed by both countries.
The two-day meeting is the second Nepal-India Joint Secretary-level meeting since 2009, where India will respond to Nepal’s proposal of updating the treaty submitted in the first meeting in August 2018.
As part of the meeting, Nepal and India discussed various of interest pertaining to trade, business and connectivity.
The Indian delegation was headed by Department of Commerce Joint Secretary (South Asia) Bhupinder Singh Bhalla, while the Nepali delegation is represented by Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies Joint Secretary Ravi Shankar Saiju.