Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli said on Sunday that his India visit has been “highly successful” in clearing the misunderstandings between Nepal and India.

Oli is on a six-day official visit to India since Friday.

Speaking to journalists at the Embassy of Nepal in New Delhi after an observation visit of the Tehri Hydropower Project plant in Uttarakhand state, PM Oli reiterated that the focus of his visit was on improving ties.

“I am not here with a shopping list,” said PM Oli. “And I am satisfied with my visit.”

New Delhi’s take on Oli’s visit, however, was a little different.

“Though the tone and tenor of the visit was most forward-looking, India expects that assurances given about addressing grievances within Nepal, which if left unaddressed, can detract from the stability of Nepal and that those assurances would be carried out,” Indian Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar told a press briefing on Saturday.

While calling Nepal’s constitution “an important achievement” on Saturday, Modi had also said he was confident that the Nepali leadership would take Nepal on the path of peace and stability by resolving all constitutional issues through “political dialogue and by taking along all sections of Nepal”.

According to Jaishankar, while acknowledging the two amendments which were passed by Nepal’s Parliament as positive steps, PM Modi expressed hope that all political parties of Nepal would similarly come together in the spirit of consensus and dialogue and successfully resolve the remaining constitutional issues in a time-bound manner. “The prime minister on our part actually also said that as a well-wishing neighbour, we really hope that Nepal would reach sort of new heights in its stability, in its inclusiveness, in fairness, in prosperity,” Jaishankar told the press briefing. “There is an internal political process, an internal political… I would say debate, consultation… sort of exchange… is going on within Nepal.”

When asked about the dissatisfaction of Madhesi parties over the amendment to constitution and the recent “unilateral” move of the Nepal government to form a political mechanism to deal with federal boundaries, Jaishankar said, “It affects us insofar as lack of progress and dissatisfaction within Nepal creates instability.”

The government had formed the mechanism a day before PM Oli left for India.

 “... how people work it out and the degree of detail, the degree of satisfaction is something which obviously they will have to work out among themselves. Our concern is that we want a stable Nepal. A stable Nepal… I think [the] prime minister said very clearly. I think the words which he used were ‘sahamati and samvaad’… that it was on that basis that we expect the constitution to be implemented,” added Jaishankar.

During Sunday’s interaction with journalists, PM Oli also made it clear that he was ready to address “genuine concerns of India”.

PM Oli said that the amendment to the constitution in a short span of time did reflect flexibility [on the part of Nepali leadership].

“I am happy to have a frank discussion with PM Modiji,” Oli said. “Within the framework of the constitution, we have to address the grievances of the Tarai and will revise the constitution again, if need be.”

On the hospitality and warmth accorded by the Indian side, PM Oli said, “I found that the Indian government, political parties and people were very warm and positive towards us. The hospitality they extended to us is demonstrated by fact that we were accommodated at the presidential palace.”