Indian PM Modi will visit Nepal soon: Foreign Minister Rana
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who is currently in New York to participate in the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), leading the Nepali delegation, held a bilateral meeting with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi at Lotte New York Palace Hotel in the USA on Sunday.
Talking to mediapersons, PM Oli said that the meeting was positive.
According to Minister for Foreign Affairs Arzu Rana Deuba, who also attended the meeting, said the meeting was held in a cordial manner and also informed that Indian PM Modi would make a Nepal visit soon.
Minister for Foreign Affairs Rana, chief political advisor to the Prime Minister Bishnu Prasad Rimal, Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sewa Lamsal and representative of the Permanent Mission of Nepal to the UN (Ambassador) Lok Bahadur Thapa on behalf of Nepal and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Secretary Vikram Misri from Indian side were present in the meeting.
PM Oli holds talks with his Indian counterpart Modi in New York
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who is currently in New York to participate in the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), held a meeting with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on Sunday.
Matters related to Nepal-India bilateral interests and mutual benefits were discussed on the occasion.
The meeting was also attended by the foreign ministers of both the countries and members of the delegations.
PMs of Nepal and Bhutan discuss people-to-people and trade relations
Prime Ministers of Nepal KP Sharma Oli and Bhutan Dasi Tshering Tobgay held a meeting at the Office of Nepal's Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York.
During the meeting, they discussed expansion of. the people-to-people and trade relations between Nepal and Bhutan.
Matters related to advancing collaborations in bilateral and multilateral forums were discussed between the two countries, said PM Oli's chief political advisor Bishnu Prasad Rimal, who also attended the meeting.
On the occasion, Bhutan's PM Tobgay said Bhutan has cordial relations with Nepal due to Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautam Buddha, and also in the context of Nepal being the Chair of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). He expressed gratitude to Nepal for the goodwill it has shown for Bhutan.
UN High Commissioner for HR calls on PM Oli
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli at the Office of the Permanent Representative of Nepal to the UN in New York today.
PM Oli is currently in New York to attend the 79th United Nations General Assembly, leading the Nepali delegation.
On the occasion, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Türk, expressed his happiness over the endorsement of the legislations related to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Commission of Investigation on Disappeared Persons, the two laws connected to finalization of the peace process in Nepal.
In the meeting, Türk stated that this topic of political consensus in Nepal could be a model for the world, according to Bishnu Prasad Rimal, the Principal Advisor to PM Oli, who was present during the meeting.
Similarly, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights agreed that climate justice is inevitable to Nepal, as the melting of snow in the mountains of Nepal due to global warming will affect the world.
Prime Minister Oli stressed on giving equal and strategic value to climate justice issues for protecting the human race in the world.
PM's Principal Advisor Rimal, Foreign Secretary Sewa Lamsal, and Nepal's Permanent Representative to the UN, Lok Bahadur Thapa were present during the meeting.
