PM Oli receives guard of honor in Bangkok (With photos)
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who is on an official visit to Thailand, was accorded a guard of honor in Bangkok on Wednesday.
Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, ministers and high-ranking officials welcomed Prime Minister Oli where he inspected a guard of honor.
The Prime Minister of Nepal has paid an official visit to Thailand for the first time in the 65-year history of Nepal-Thailand diplomatic relations.
Prime Minister Oli is holding a meeting with his Thai counterpart Shinawatra today itself.
It is expected that this visit would contribute to the expansion of mutual relations and collaboration between the two countries.
According to the Foreign Ministry, an agreement related to collaboration in culture and tourism sectors would be signed after the meeting between the Prime Ministers of the two countries.
Similarly, six different memoranda of understanding would be exchanged between non-governmental and business organizations of the two countries. After the agreement, the two prime ministers are scheduled to hold a joint press conference.
Likewise, the Prime Minister would participate in a luncheon hosted by his counterpart as well as hold a courtesy meeting with the King of Thailand, Maha Vajiralongkorn, today itself.
He is scheduled to return home on April 5.
Trump preparing executive order to increase weapons exports, sources say
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is planning an executive order that would ease rules governing exports of military equipment, and could announce it as soon as Tuesday or Wednesday, four sources familiar with the discussions said, Reuters reported.
The sources, some in government and some in industry, said they expected the order would be similar to legislation proposed by Trump's national security adviser, Michael Waltz, last year when he was a Republican member of the House of Representatives.
An executive order could increase sales for big U.S. defense contractors like Lockheed Martin.
If it had become law, the bill backed by Waltz in 2024 would have amended the U.S. Arms Export Control Act to increase the minimum dollar amounts that trigger a congressional review of arms exports to other countries. They would increase to $23 million from $14 million for arms transfers, and rise to $83 million from $50 million for the sale of military equipment, upgrades, training and other services, according to Reuters.
PM Oli, Thai PM Shinawatra holding meeting today
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Prime Minister of Thailand, Paetongtran Shinawatra, are holding a meeting today.
Prime Minister Oli is on an official visit to Thailand at the cordial invitation of his Thai counterpart.
Before the meeting with the Prime Minister of Thailand, Prime Minister Oli attended the welcome program hosted by his Thai counterpart.
This is the first official visit of Nepali Prime Minister to Thailand.
It is expected that this visit would contribute to the expansion of mutual relations and collaboration between the two countries.
According to the Foreign Ministry, an agreement related to collaboration in culture and tourism sectors would be signed after the meeting between the Prime Ministers of the two countries.
Similarly, six different memoranda of understanding would be exchanged between non-governmental and business organisations of the two countries. After the agreement, the two prime ministers are scheduled to hold a joint press conference.
Likewise, the Prime Minister would participate in a luncheon hosted by his counterpart as well as hold a courtesy meeting with the King of Thailand, Maha Vajiralongkorn, today itself.
He is scheduled to return home on April 5.
Government to provide free treatment to those injured in Tinkune incident
The government has decided to provide free treatment to those injured in the Tinkune incident.
A Cabinet meeting held on Monday decided to direct the Ministry of Health and Population to make arrangements to provide free medical treatment to the people injured in the protest that took place last Friday demanding restoration of monarchy, government spokesperson and Minister for Communications and Information Technology Prithvi Subba Gurung said.
The meeting decided to investigate the incidents of arson and vandalism occurred during the protests and take action against those found guilty.
The meeting also decided to take measures to prevent such incidents from happening in the future.
Two persons including photo journalist Suresh Rajak died and 45 others were injured during the protests.
