Sep 30, 2015- Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman has said that she would draw the attention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi about crisis in Nepal due to the halt in the export of petroleum products and other daily essentials from India.
Minister of Commerce and Supplies Sunil Bahadur Thapa, who is in Indian Capital New Delhi for the past few days to attend South Asia Economic Conclave meeting, notified his Indian counterpart Sitharaman about problems that surfaced in Nepal, during a meeting at Udyog Bhawan on Wednesday. “I notified my counterpart about the problems caused by halt in imports and supplies and its possible long-term impacts on Nepal-India relations,” Minister Thapa told the Post.
Minister Sitharaman assured her Nepali counterpart that he would meet PM Modi at the earliest and inform him about the problems in Nepal.
Thapa has also been taking initiatives to arrange meetings with Indian Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Indian Minister of Finance Arun Jaitley.
Earlier, Minister Thapa met Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and informed about the crisis in Nepal due to shortage of essential supplies following blockade from India.
“Immediate solution to the week-long crisis in supply caused by unofficial blockade is not likely to end anytime soon unless India’s Central government takes any decision towards that end,” said a former Nepal’s ambassador to India, “The decision to use blockade over the political issues in Nepal is likely to embarrass India. We hope some positive decision regarding this by Thursday.
Minister of Commerce and Supplies Sunil Bahadur Thapa, who is in Indian Capital New Delhi for the past few days to attend South Asia Economic Conclave meeting, notified his Indian counterpart Sitharaman about problems that surfaced in Nepal, during a meeting at Udyog Bhawan on Wednesday. “I notified my counterpart about the problems caused by halt in imports and supplies and its possible long-term impacts on Nepal-India relations,” Minister Thapa told the Post.
Minister Sitharaman assured her Nepali counterpart that he would meet PM Modi at the earliest and inform him about the problems in Nepal.
Thapa has also been taking initiatives to arrange meetings with Indian Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Indian Minister of Finance Arun Jaitley.
Earlier, Minister Thapa met Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and informed about the crisis in Nepal due to shortage of essential supplies following blockade from India.
“Immediate solution to the week-long crisis in supply caused by unofficial blockade is not likely to end anytime soon unless India’s Central government takes any decision towards that end,” said a former Nepal’s ambassador to India, “The decision to use blockade over the political issues in Nepal is likely to embarrass India. We hope some positive decision regarding this by Thursday.
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