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Kathmandu, January 5 The seventh meeting of the Nepal-India joint commission concluded by signing four agreements on Thursday. The meeting reviewed the entire gamut of bilateral relations and cooperation. The two countries signed agreements relating to bilateral network expansion, trade, water resources, and power trade. The agreements were signed in the presence of Foreign Minister Narayan Prakash Saud and Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. Spokesperson at the Foreign Ministry, Amrit Bahadur Rai, informed that Nepal and India signed an agreement on Indian grant assistance for the implementation of high-impact community development through government agencies or corporations. Other agreements signed by the two countries are – long-term energy trade; cooperation between Nepal Electricity Authority and National Thermal Power Corporation on development of renewal energy; and between Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) and New Space India (NSI) on launch of Ne...