Nepal-Bhutan PMs discuss about people-to-people and trade relations

September 23, Kathmandu: The Prime Ministers of Nepal and Bhutan have agreed to the expansion of the people-to-people and trade relations between the two countries.

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli who is currently in New York to participate in the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) leading a Nepali delegation and Prime Minister of neighbouring country, Bhutan, Dasi Tshering Tobgay held a meeting on Sunday. They had the meeting at the Office of the Nepal’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York.

Matters related to advancing collaborations in bilateral and multilateral forums were discussed between the two countries, said PM Oli’s chief political advisor Bishnu Prasad Rimal, who also attended the meeting. On the occasion, Bhutan’s PM Tobgay said Bhutan has cordial relations with Nepal due to Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautam Buddha, and also in the context of Nepal being the Chair of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

He expressed gratitude to Nepal for the goodwill it has shown for Bhutan. Prime Minister Oli pledged to provide necessary facilitation for the development of people-to-people and trade relations between the two countries