{"id":6874,"date":"2026-06-02T18:55:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T13:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/?p=6874"},"modified":"2026-06-02T18:55:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T13:10:53","slug":"s-jaishankar-meets-rabi-lamichhane-in-new-delhi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/?p=6874","title":{"rendered":"S. Jaishankar Meets Rabi Lamichhane in New Delhi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">New Delhi, June 2, 2026 \u2014 Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held talks with Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) President Rabi Lamichhane during the Nepali leader&#8217;s official visit to India. The meeting is being viewed as an important step in strengthening India\u2013Nepal relations following Nepal&#8217;s recent political changes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Lamichhane arrived in New Delhi at the invitation of Indian authorities and is holding a series of high-level meetings with senior Indian leaders. According to reports, discussions are focused on bilateral cooperation, democratic governance, economic partnerships, connectivity, and regional stability. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">The visit comes at a significant moment in Nepal\u2013India relations, with the RSP emerging as a major political force in Nepal following its strong performance in the 2026 general election. Indian leaders have been actively engaging with Nepal&#8217;s new leadership, including Prime Minister-designate Balendra Shah and RSP President Lamichhane.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Political observers say the Jaishankar\u2013Lamichhane meeting signals New Delhi&#8217;s interest in maintaining close engagement with Nepal&#8217;s evolving political landscape and expanding cooperation on trade, infrastructure, people-to-people ties, and regional development. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">The RSP delegation is also expected to meet other senior Indian officials and political leaders during its visit before returning to Kathmandu.<\/span><br \/>\n<!--\/data\/user\/0\/com.samsung.android.app.notes\/files\/clipdata\/clipdata_bodytext_260602_090924_051.sdocx--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi, June 2, 2026 \u2014 Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held talks with Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) President Rabi Lamichhane during the Nepali leader&#8217;s official visit to India. The meeting is being viewed as an important step in strengthening India\u2013Nepal relations following Nepal&#8217;s recent political changes. Lamichhane arrived in New Delhi at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-highlights"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/FB_IMG_1780405733451.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6874"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6876,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6874\/revisions\/6876"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}