India, Nepal to sign five MoUs during PM Narendra Modi's Lumbini visit

India and Nepal will be signing five Memorandum of Understandings MoU during Prime Minister Narendra Modis visit to Lumbini on MondayIn presence of prime ministers of two countries five MoUs will be signed which will deepen the centuryold educational and cultural ties according to a source inside Nepals Ministry of Foreign AffairsThe Indian Educational and Cultural Foundation will sign one MoU each with Lumbini Buddhist University and Tribhuvan University and three MoUs with Kathmandu University on MondayThe Kathmandu Universit and the Indian Institute of Technology in Chennai will also sign two other MoUs the source said The Prime Minister is scheduled to arrive in Lumbini at 1040 am NST on an Indian Air Force helicopter on MondayHe will reach Lumbini on the occasion of Buddha Jayanti to hold bilateral talks with Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur DeubaSher Bahadur Deuba his spouse Arzu Rana Deuba members in the Council of Ministers Lumbini Province Chief Minister Kul Prasad KC and Charge d affaires Namgya C Khampa of Indian Embassy in Kathmandu will welcome Prime Minister Modi at a helipad built near the Lumbini International Buddhist Meditation Center and Assembly HallUpon arrival he will pray at Mayadevi temple at 11 am and participate in Bhumi Pooja at 1130 After that he will hold meetings with PM Deuba and Foreign Minister Dr Narayan Khadka from 1220 to 1240 pm He will also interact with various delegations afterwardAt 130 Deuba will host lunch for Prime Minister Modi The lunch will be followed by PM Modis meeting with eminent personalities and dignitaries of NepalPM Modi is scheduled to take part in Buddha Jayanti celebrations from 330 pm onwards and is scheduled to fly back to Delhi at around 5 pmHis entourage will include National Security Advisor Ajit Doval Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra few jointsecretaries and othersEarlier in 2014 Prime Minister Modi visited Nepal twice on different occasions and twice in 2018 Visit to Lumbini always had remained on the schedule of PM Modi but was cancelled eventually due to various reasonsDuring the last visit to Nepal in May of 2018 PM Modi had toured Janakpur and Muktinath one of the revered religious as well as cultural sites of NepalThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever