Kathmandu, April 5 -- Prime Minister KP Oli and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi met for almost 45 minutes on Friday in Bangkok on the sidelines of the sixth Bimstec summit and thus cleared the logjam at the highest political level.

Oli, who had been unable to secure a bilateral official visit to India due to his anti-India posturing since becoming prime minister last July, appeared cheerful after meeting Modi.

After the meeting, both prime ministers wrote about the positive outcomes of the visit, on their respective X accounts.

Without the presence of a third individual, Oli and Modi held one-on-one talks for 30 minutes and later briefed their delegations, multiple Nepali officials who are currently in Bangkok told the Post over t...