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7th meeting of EPG on Nepal-India relations begins in Kathmandu

<div dir="ltr">''<div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The seventh meeting of Eminent Persons Group (EPG) on Nepal-India relations has begun in Kathmandu.&nbsp;</span></div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>Representatives from Nepal and India will deliberate upon various bilateral issues including 1950 Peace and Friendship treaty, trade, transit and border during the two-day meeting.&nbsp;</div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>According to one of the EPG members, preliminary draft of a report on security, water resources, trade and cultural ties between the two countries is being prepared.&nbsp;</div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>Indian side is represented by Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Jayant Prasad, Bhuvan Chandra Upreti and Mahendra P. Lama.&nbsp;</div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>Nepalese side includes Bhekh Bahadur Thapa, Nilamber Acharya, Rajan Bhattarai and Surya Nath Upadhyay. The EPG is a joint mechanism consisting experts and intellectuals from India and Nepal.&nbsp;</div>''<div><br />''</div>''<div>It was set up in February 2016 to make suggestions for updating all existing bilateral treaties and agreements between both the countries.</div>''<div class="yj6qo"></div>''<div class="adL"><br />''</div></div>

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