Spokesman of Foreign Affairs says, "There was a discussion on strengthening Nepal-India relations".

Speaking to the media about the visit, Rai said, 'The discussion was about strengthening the relationship between the two countries in the coming days by activating all the mechanisms.' .

This is not a meeting of any mechanism, in a way it is an introductory visit of the Indian Foreign Secretary. Although the visit was an introductory one, various issues were discussed," he said. "There are various projects in Nepal run by India. There are various mechanisms between our two countries. The meeting of those mechanisms should be resumed in the coming days and how to go forward.'

He also mentioned the tradition of visiting neighboring countries after he was appointed as the foreign secretary in India. That's when you came to Nepal. This visit has been purely discussed. It has various agreements in the past, programs run with Indian assistance. And, there are three-way mechanisms between the two countries. There was a discussion about how to make it active," he said.

He also said that there is a bilateral foreign secretary-level and foreign minister-level mechanism between the two countries. He said, "Similarly, water sources have different security mechanisms."