Kathmandu, February 25
The seventh meeting of Eminent Persons’ Group on Nepal India Relations has concluded in Kathmandu on Sunday. The meeting is supposed to be the second last as the bilateral panel has just five months to complete its tenure.
The eighth meeting of the committee to be held after few months is expected to finalise a report identifying suggestions to solve issues about various bilateral treaties and agreements.
Speaking after the conclusion of meeting, leaders of both sides–Nepal’s Bhekh Bahadur Thapa and India’s Bhagat Singh Koshyari–said they would make the report acceptable to both the sides.
The EPG was formed in 2016 with a mandate to suggest if any provisions of bilateral treaties and agreements are needed to be amended.
Nepali EPG members include former foreign affairs minister Bhekh Bahadur Thapa, former chief commissioner of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority Surya Nath Upadhyay, former law minister Nilamber Acharya and formerl lawmaker Rajan Bhattarai. The Indian EPG members are former ambassador Jayanta Prasad, senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Bhagat Singh Koshyari, former vice-chancellor of Sikkim University Mahendra Lama and VIF senior fellow BC Upreti.
