NEW DELHI Nepalese Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala said on Wednesday his talks with Indian leaders had helped remove misgivings that could have crept into ties between the neighbors.
Koirala, the first Nepali prime minister to visit India in four years, held talks with Indian leaders who have repeatedly expressed concern over Nepal being a staging ground for cross-border militant groups.
"We discussed everything frankly, and with an open heart," Koirala said, referring to his meeting with Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on Tuesday night. Koirala arrived in New Delhi on Monday for a week-long visit.
"If there were any misgivings, they are there no more. I (am) going back happy to my country," he told a meeting with Indian business leaders.
Landlocked Nepal has a 1,750-km (1,094-mile) long open border with India which New Delhi says has in recent years, been exploited by rebel groups.
(Reuter)