Kathmandu. Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Physical Infrastructure and Transport, and Urban Development Minister Kulman Ghising held a meeting today and Indian Minister for Electricity, Manohar Lal Khattar.

Minister Ghising and his Indian counterpart Khattar met in New Delhi on Wednesday to attend the eighth general assembly of the International Solar Alliance.

During the meeting, matters related to energy cooperation between Nepal and India, electricity trade, transmission line expansion, progress of hydropower projects under construction with Indian investment and long-term energy partnership between the two countries were discussed.

Nepal’s Ambassador to India Shankar Prasad Sharma, Indian Energy Secretary Pankaj Agrawal, Additional Secretary at the Ministry of External Affairs and Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Sagar Raj Gautam, among others were present during the meeting.