<span style="color: #222222;">Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra completed his two-day official visit to Nepal at the invitation of the Foreign Secretary of Nepal, Mr. Bharat Raj Paudyal. During his two days visit Foreign Secretary Kwatra called on the President of Nepal, Mrs. Bidya Devi Bhandari, Prime Minister of Nepal, Mr. Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', and Foreign Minister of Nepal, Dr. Bimala Rai Paudyal alongwith meeting other senior members of the Government of Nepal and other leaders.<br />''<br />''AIR Katmandu correspondent reports that the talks held between the two Foreign Secretaries in this morning covered wide-ranging discussions on various areas of the multifaceted cooperation between India and Nepal, including development partnership, energy cooperation, trade and economic cooperation, institutional engagements and people to people ties.<br />''<br />''The two-day official visit of Foreign secretary of India Vinay Kwatra to Kathmandu is in tradition of high-level exchanges between the two countries. The Foreign Secretaries of both the countries reviewed the progress in the areas of cross-border connectivity, hydropower cooperation, culture, trade and commerce. On railway connectivity, both sides agreed for the early completion and operationalization of the remaining sections of the Jaynagar-Kurtha-Bijalpura-Bardibas and the Jogbani-Biratnagar rail links.<br />''<br />'' They committed to take further steps on the proposed Raxaul-Kathmandu rail link. The two sides appreciated the progress made in the energy cooperation last year, wherein Nepal is now able to export 452.6 MW power to India, creating additional sources of revenue for Nepal and energy for India.  <br />''<br />''The Nepalese side also appreciated the special provisions made for Nepal in the export of sugar, wheat and paddy by India, so as to ensure smooth supply of agricultural products to Nepal during the times of global uncertainties. The invitation extended by India under its G20 Presidency to Nepal to participate in the G20 Finance Track this year was appreciated by Nepal strengthening multilateral and regional cooperation. The Nepalese side also reiterated commitment for early ratification of the International Solar Alliance. </span><br />