Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned home Monday evening, wrapping up his two-day official visit to Nepal.

This is the first trip by an Indian premier to the neighbouring country in 17 years.

The two prime ministers expressed satisfaction over the excellent state of Nepal-India relations that encompass abroad spectrum of political, economic, social and cultural ties that are deep-rooted at both government and peoples' levels.

In a Joint Statement issued on Monday both sides welcomed the decision of the Joint Commission to direct the Foreign Secretaries of the two countries to meet and discuss specific proposal to revise the Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1950.

Both the Prime Ministers agreed that the revised Treaty should better reflect the current realities and expand the multifaceted and deep rooted relationships in a forward looking manner.

The joint statement said both the leaders underlined the need to resolve pending Nepal-India boundary issues once and for all and welcomed the formation of the Boundary Working Group to undertake the construction, restoration and repair of boundary pillars including clearance of 'Noman's land' and other technical tasks.

Bothe the sides expressed their desire to resolve all outstanding boundary issues.

The two prime ministers also underlined the need to further explore ways to enhance sub-regional cooperation particularly in the areas of trade, transit, connectivity and hydropower, the statement said.

During his visit, Mr. Modi met the top Nepalese leadershipincluding President of Nepal Ram Baran Yadav and PrimeMinister Sushil Koirala.

Modi also addressed Nepal's Constituent Assembly and metits Chairman Subhas Chandra Nembang and CPN-Maoist leaderPrachanda.