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India supports Nepal's new constitution: official

Xinhua, September 19, 2015 Adjust font size:

India on Saturday expressed hope that Nepali political leaders will display flexibility and maturity to ensure a durable and resilient constitution.

Indian Foreign Secretary S. Jaishanaker, who visited Kathmandu on Friday and Saturday as a special envoy of the Indian prime minister, told a press conference that India is strongly supportive in the constitution making process of Nepal.

The Indian government's statement came a day before Nepal's President Ram Baran Yadav issues a long-awaited new constitution through the Constituent Assembly. Endi