Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepalese counterpart KP Sharma Oli, jointly inaugurated the Jogbani- Biratnagar Integrated Check Point (ICP), built with Indian assistance through video conferencing on Tuesday.
These integrated check points on the border will facilitate people to people contact and bilateral trade between the two countries. The Indian Prime Minister said:
“India and Nepal are working on several cross-border connectivity projects such as road, rail and transmission lines. Integrated check posts at major border points between our countries are greatly facilitating mutual trade and movement”.
PM @narendramodi: India is committed to simplify and ease traffic with all friendly countries in the neighborhood and to further facilitate contacts between us in areas such as business, culture, education, etc. pic.twitter.com/IlcCRns1rA
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He also added that: “India is committed to simplify and ease traffic with all friendly countries in the neighborhood and to further facilitate contacts between us in areas such as business, culture, education, etc.”
The first Integrated Check point on the Indo-Nepalese border was the Raxaul-Birgunj, which was inaugurated in 2018.
The two Prime Ministers also reviewed some of the other Indian projects, currently underway in Nepal. India had pledged to build 50,000 houses in the Gorkha and Nuwakot districts of Nepal. 45,000 houses have already been constructed. This is part of India’s assistance to Nepal as part of its post- earthquake reconstruction.
The Nepalese Prime Minister welcomes this initiative and said that:
Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli: The time has come to resolve all pending issues through dialogue in the lasting interest of our two countries. Stable&majority government in both countries is an opportune moment. My govt remains committed to working closely with govt of India towards this pic.twitter.com/ENz8yECz8q
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” The time has come to resolve all pending issues through dialogue in the lasting interest of our two countries. Stable and majority government in both countries is an opportune moment. My government remains committed to working closely with govt of India towards this”.
In recent times, just when the relations between the two countries were improving, the issue of India’s new political map, fuelled anti-Indian protests in various parts of Nepal. The Nepalese government asked India to withdraw the map which allegedly showed a disputed region as part of India.