Kathmandu, July 28 (IANS) Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s three-day trip to Nepal set the “political tone” for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s much-anticipated official visit here, a leading Nepal daily said Monday. “Looking ahead to Modi’s official visit, we believe Swaraj, during her busy days in Kathmandu, set the political tone for the much-anticipated August 3-4 visit,” said an editorial in eKantipur. Sushma Swaraj’s three-day visit saw a series of meetings with the top leadership of Nepali political parties. After President Ram Baran Yadav, Prime Minister Sushil Koirala and Constituent Assembly Chairman Subhas Nembang, Swaraj met UCPN (Maoist) chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka Prachanda, top leaders of the Madhesi parties, and CPN-UML leaders, including acting chairman Bam Dev Gautam.
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