Nepal Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba has appreciated Indian PM Narendra Modi for India's Neighbourhood First policy and various development cooperation initiatives undertaken by India with the Himalayan nation.

She conveyed her commitment to further strengthen the India-Nepal bilateral relations.

She handed over an invitation from Nepal’s Prime Minister for PM Modi to visit Nepal.

Deuba was on an official visit to India at the invitation of the External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.

Prime Minister Modi congratulated Foreign Minister Deuba on her appointment as the Foreign Minister of Nepal and appreciated the ongoing momentum in high level engagements between the two sides.