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Nepalese Youth Delegation concludes its week-long visit to India

| | Apr 11, 2015, at 05:28 am
New Delhi, Apr 10 (IBNS): A 50-member Nepalese youth delegation led by Minister of Youth and Sports Purushottam Poudel concluded its visit to India on Friday.

The maiden visit of the youth delegation from Nepal was part of Youth Exchange programme between India and Nepal.

During the week-long stay in India, the Nepalese delegation visited Delhi (Rajghat, Crafts Museum, National Museum, Delhi Metro ride, Metro Museum, India gate, Jantar Mantar, Connaught Palace) Agra (Taj Mahal and NSS Programme at Agra College), Bangalore (IIM, IT Company, Chinnaswami Stadium) and Mysore.

During the visit, a cultural programme and a banquet was organized in the honour of Nepalese Youth delegation.

A meeting of senior officers from both sides led by respective Ministers in charge was also held before the cultural programme. During the meeting, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs and Sports Sarbananda Sonowal expressed that India and Nepal are close neighbours and share a unique relationship of friendship and cooperation, characterized by open borders and deep-rooted people-to-people contacts.

The visiting Minister from Nepal Purushottam Poudel expressed his desire for exchange of sportspersons particularly from cricket.

He said, "India can provide training to Nepalese cricketers and also sought support in development of cricket facilities in Nepal."

Sonowal assured his counterpart of every possible support from the Government of India in this regard.

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