Nepal Deputy Prime Minister Kamal Thapa is expected to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.
Thapa, who is on his three day official visit to India, met the External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj yesterday and discussed range of issues of mutual interest including the present border blockade.
According to sources, Swaraj asked Thapa about the roadmap to resolve the political deadlock in Nepal, and told that the Nepalese Deputy Prime Minister that peace and reconciliation with all groups is the way out to resolve political impasse.
Thapa assured that Nepal is committed to resolve the political crisis.
The deputy prime minister asked for India's help in sending more than 300 fuel laden trucks via alternative routes, and to ease down the supply of essential supplies goods, sources added.
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