Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Sunday briefed the Parliament about the two-day state visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Oli said the visit by his Indian counterpart had helped take Nepal-India relation to a new height. He said some of the remarks made during Modi’s civic reception in Janakpur was undignified in national and diplomatic terms. Without taking any names, Oli expressed his dissatisfaction for making remarks against national policy.

Oli said Indian PM Modi had agreed to implement the past pacts between two countries without further delay. He said the two PMs’ were also in accord to put a time frame to implement past pacts. The two prime ministers also explored methods to cut Nepal’s trade deficit with India while providing easy entry to Nepali products including ginger and cardamom, Oli said.

The Indian side was also positive about Nepal’s prod for four new air routes. Oli said India has agreed to mobilise technicians to study about Nepal’s prod for four new air routes and take a concrete decision by September.