External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj arrived at Katmandu on two day visit to Nepal this evening. Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale and other senior officials are accompanying her. <br/><br/>Mrs. Swaraj was received at the airport by Nepal's Minister of State for Finance Udaya Shumsher Rana, Foreign Secretary Shankar Das Bairagi, Indian Ambassador Manjeev Singh Puri and other senior officials of Embassy of India. <br/><br/>During her stay at Kathmandu Mrs. Swaraj will hold discussions with leaders of various political parties on issues of mutual interest and to enhance long-standing special ties of friendship between India and Nepal. Later in the evening, Mrs. Swaraj is scheduled to hold talk with CPN (UML) Chairman K.P.Sharma Oli who is likely to be the new Prime Minister of Nepal. She will also meet senior leaders of Rashtriya Janta Party Nepal. <br/><br/>The External Affairs Minister will hold discussions with CPN (Maoist Center) Chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda over breakfast tomorrow. She will also meet Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and call on President Vidya Devi Bhandari before returning to New Delhi. <br/><br/>The visit is in keeping with the tradition of regular high-level political exchanges between India and Nepal. It is expected to expand and further strengthen bilateral partnership across diverse sectors.