State Minister for External Affairs Meenakshi Lekhi welcomed Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal at the New Delhi-based Indira Gandhi International Airport on Wednesday. Prime Minister Dahal had left for India on a four-day official visit at the invitation of his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi this afternoon. He will hold a bilateral meeting with Modi at the Hyderabad House on Thursday.

The prime minister will call on Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday and President Droupadi Murmu on Friday. Earlier, the then Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli was welcomed by foreign secretary and Sher Bahadur Deuba by state minister for tourism.