Janakpur (Nepal) May 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is on a two-day trip to Nepal on Friday met his Nepalese counterpart K.P. Oli at the famous Ram Janaki temple here.
Oli dressed in a salwar kurta welcomed Modi at the temple after he arrived here in the morning for his third official visit to the Himalayan nation.
The two leaders jointly performed a special puja at the shrine in the temple town of Janakpur some 225 km from capital Kathmandu.
Modi s visit to Nepal comes a month after Oli visited India.
"These high-level and regular interactions reflect my government s commitment to the neighbourhood first policy in consonance with the motto of sabka saath sabka vikas " Modi said in a statement.
Modi and Oli are expected to jointly flag off a direct bus service from Janakpur to Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh.
They will also inaugurate the inclusion of Janakpur at Ramayana Circuit under the Indian government s Swadesh Darshan scheme.
Modi will then attend a civic reception organised by the Janakpur sub-metropolitan city.
He will leave for Kathmandu later in the day to hold delegation level talks with Oli.
--IANS
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