Nepal PM to visit India to mend fractured ties

August 24, 2016 22:09

Nepal's new prime minister will visit India next month on his first foreign visit, seeking to repair the strained relationship between the neighbours, an official said today.

Nepal's relationship with India -- which is often accused of acting as a "big brother" to its smaller impoverished neighbour -- soured after a months-long border blockade last year by ethnic minority protesters.

Kathmandu accused India of imposing an "unofficial blockade" on the landlocked nation in support of the Madhesis, who share close cultural, linguistic and family links with Indians across the border.

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, a former Maoist rebel chief better known by his nom de guerre Prachanda, sent special envoys to both neighbouring India and China shortly after taking office earlier this month.

"The focus of his visit is to evaluate the bitterness in the relationship after the blockade and resolve the problems," Chandra Prakash Khanal, the prime minister's political adviser, said.

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