India is committed to simplify and ease traffic with all friendly countries in the neighbourhood, PM Modi said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepalese counterpart KP Sharma Oli on Tuesday jointly inaugurated the second Integrated Check Post (ICP) at Jogbani-Biratnagar, which was built with Indian assistance to facilitate trade and people's movement.
At the inauguration ceremony, Prime Minister Modi said that India is committed to simplify and ease traffic with all friendly countries in the neighbourhood and to further facilitate contacts in key areas such as business, culture, education, etc.
"India and Nepal are working on several cross-border connectivity projects such as road, rail, and transmission lines. The integrated check posts ar major border points between our countries are greatly facilitating mutual trade and movement," Modi added.
His Nepalese counterpart, KP Sharma Oli, also spoke of the warm bilateral relations between the two countries. "The time has come to resolve all pending issues through dialogue in the lasting interest of our two countries. The stable and majority governments in both countries is an opportune moment. My government remains committed to working closely with the government of India towards this," Nepalese PM KP Oli said.
The two leaders will also witness the progress in post-earthquake housing reconstruction projects in Nepal, built with Indian assistance.
Out of the Indian government's commitment to building 50,000 houses in Gorkha and Nuwakot districts, 45,000 have already been completed.
Earlier in September last year, Modi and Oli had inaugurated the first cross border commercial oil pipeline between India and Nepal.
The pipeline from Motihari in Bihar to Amlekhganj in Nepal was proposed more than 20 years ago for the transfer of petroleum products such as diesel, LPG and aviation turbine fuel.
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