Kathmandu, October 30
Nepal’s President Bidhyadevi Bhandari will receive her Indian counterpart, who is set to start his three-day Nepal visit on Wednesday, at the country’s only international airport.
According to Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mukherjee will meet his Nepali counterpart, the Vice President and the Prime Minister on Wednesday. He is also to attend a special programme at Kathmandu University.
Although top leaders and heads of state do not usually go to the airport to receive dignitaries, Nepal’s Prime Minister Sushil Koirala had received Narendra Modi during his visit to Nepal. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had also come to the airport to welcome then Nepali PM Girija Prasad Koirala when he visit New Delhi after the Second People’s Movement.
