KATHMANDU: Nepal and India should iron out differences and work towards strengthening their centuries-old ties as the Himalayan nation looks forward to attain economic prosperity through bilateral cooperation, former deputy prime minister Sujata Koirala said today. "We need to take corrective measures to build up the centuries-old relations in new perspective by learning from the past. Nepal wants to harness its abundant hydropower potentials through cooperation and collaboration with India for attaining economic prosperity," she said at a conference on Nepal-India relations organised by the foundation here. "We should not take both the government to government and people to people relations between the two countries for granted," Seshadri Chari, Director, Chronicle Society of India for Education and Academic Research, said, adding that the relations need to be nurtured from time to time. "Last year's border blockade that caused suffering to the Nepalese people was unwanted and it should not happen.

Source: Economic Times October 01, 2016 17:15 UTC