By IRNA,
New Delhi : India and Nepal Tuesday signed four agreements on transport and education.
The agreements were signed after delegation-level talks held between visiting Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav and Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today in New Delhi.
The talks were followed by signing of four agreements – to set up new railway links, an updated air services accord, an India-sponsored polytechnic and construction of a new convention hall near the India-Nepal border.
Earlier, Yadav, who is on a four-day state visit, met with the External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna
Yadav will also meet several other Indian leaders, including Vice President Hamid Ansari, United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Home Minister P. Chidambaram and Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj.
President Patil is hosting a state banquet in honour of the visiting Nepali leader this evening.
India and Nepal share a unique relationship of friendship and cooperation characterised by an open border and deep-rooted people-to-people contacts.
This is the first foreign visit of Nepal’s first president, who was elected in 2008 to replace King Gyanendra as head of state.