Azerbaijan's Deputy Foreign Minister Mammadov pays courtesy call on President Paudel
Azerbaijan's Deputy Foreign Minister Elnur Mammadov paid a courtesy call on President Ram Chandra Paudel today.
In the meeting held at the Office of the President in Sheetal Niwas, Kathmandu today, President Paudel expressed his happiness over the new development between the two countries' relations.
It may be noted that Nepal and Azerbaijan held the first-ever political consultation upon the arrival of Azerbaijan's Deputy Foreign Minister Mammadov in Kathmandu on Wednesday.
President Paudel underscored the need to identify the areas of cooperation between the two countries for broader collaboration in future.
Recalling his representation of Nepal to the global climate conference-COP-29- held in Azerbaijan in November, 2024, the President said that he was confident over the relations between Nepal and Azerbaijan becoming stronger in future.
In response, visiting Deputy Foreign Minister Mammadov asserted that President Paudel's visit to Azerbaijan had added a new dimension between the two countries.
No Memorandum of Agreement (MoU) had been signed between Azerbaijan and Nepal in the past 30 years, said the visiting Azerbaijan's Deputy Foreign Minister, adding that the preparatory work is currently underway to ink such an agreement between the two countries.
BJP leader Chauthaiwale calls on Finance Minister Paudel
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Foreign Affairs Department head Vijay Chauthaiwale called on Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel in Singha Durbar on Friday.
On the occasion, they discussed bilateral relations and matters of mutual interest, according to Finance Minister Paudel's secretariat.
Cabinet meeting postponed
A Cabinet meeting called for 10 am on Friday has been postponed.
The Prime Minister’s Secretariat informed that the meeting summoned for 10 am today has been deferred.
The reason for the postponement has not been disclosed.
Meanwhile, President Ram Chandra is presenting the government’s policies and programs today.
A joint meeting of both Houses of federal Parliament has been called for 3 pm for the same.
A Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday had already passed the policies and programs.
Israeli military strikes near Syria’s presidential palace after warning over sectarian attacks
Israel’s air force struck near Syria’s presidential palace early Friday hours after warning Syrian authorities not to march toward villages inhabited by members of a minority sect in southern Syria, Associated Press reported.
The strike came after days of clashes between pro-Syrian government gunmen and fighters who belong to the Druze minority sect near the capital, Damascus. The clashes left dozens of people dead or wounded.
Friday’s strike was Israel’s second on Syria this week, and attacking an area close to the presidential palace appears to send a strong warning to Syria’s new leadership that is mostly made up of Islamist groups led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.
On Thursday, Syria’s Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Hikmat Al-Hijri harshly criticized Syria’s government for what he called an “unjustified genocidal attack” on the minority community, according to Associated Press.
