PM Dahal meets with UN Secretary General Guterres
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who is currently in New York to attend the 78th United Nations General Assembly, held a meeting with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres in the UN Headquarters earlier today.
During the meeting, matters related to different issues including Nepal's peace process, peacekeeping, climate change, Sustainable Development Goals, Least Developed Countries and development financing were discussed.
"We agreed to further enhance Nepal-UN engagements and partnership", tweets the Prime Minister, while expressing delight to have met the UN Secretary General at the sidelines of the 78th session of the UNGA.
NC leader Koirala rules out possibility of government change
Nepali Congress (NC) leader Dr Shashanka Koirala has ruled out the possibility of government change at present.
Talking to mediapersons in Chitwan on Sunday, the NC leader said though general misunderstanding among the ruling partners, there was no possibility for the government change at the moment.
"As far as I am concerned, the government led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal could last for five years," he said, adding that a government is necessary to take the nation towards the path of development. "There is no tug-of-war in the government."
The leader took time to say Dahal is not an ordinary personality, adding that he saw no ground that the CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Center) would collaborate in the days to come.
He also said that in the past he wished the NC to stay in the opposition, underlining the need for further unity within the party to keep the party legacy intact.
He advised the party leadership to provide an opportunity to the youth generation to own up the party leadership.
Dahal to meet Chinese President Xi in Hangzhou and Prime Minister in Beijing
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has apprised the Parliament of his New York and China visit.
Dahal is scheduled to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Hangzhou.
Prime Minister Dahal, who is leaving for Hangzhou of China straight from New York on September 22, is scheduled to call on Chinese President Xi on September 23.
After meeting the Chinese President, he will take part in the Asian Games.
The next day, he will meet his Chinese counterpart, Li Qiang.
Prime Minister Dahal said that bilateral agreements will be signed between Nepal and China during the meeting with his Chinese counterpart.
He, however, did not reveal anything about the agreements to be signed in the meeting.
Prime Minister Dahal said that Nepal and China have had a close relationship for a long time.
Saying that Nepal and China are development partners, he said that China’s role is very important in Nepal’s development.
PM Dahal preparing to sign BRI project on loan
Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Chen Song called on Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal at the latter’s official residence in Baluwatar on Friday.
Prime Minister Dahal is leaving for China from New York on September 23.
According to a Baluwatar source, Ambassador Chen discussed possible agendas of Prime Minister Dahal’s China visit during the meeting.
China has been piling pressure on the Nepal government to implement the BRI project.
Prime Minister Dahal is preparing to sign the BRI project in Beijing without knowing whether it is under loan or grant.
The Nepal and Chinese sides have not disclosed which project will be signed.
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“Prime Minister Dahal is preparing to sign the BRI project during his China visit. But China has also put forward grant projects,” an office bearer of the CPN (Maoist Center) said. “If one project is signed under loan then another will be signed under grant.”
During the meeting today, Prime Minister Dahal and Ambassador Chen also discussed taking the BRI project ahead. Prime Minister Dahal has hinted that he will sign some projects under the BRI.
China has been lobbying with the Nepal government to construct three industrial parks under the BRI project.
A Cabinet meeting will be held at 6 pm today to discuss the possible agendas of China visit and the agreements to be signed between the two countries.
Prime Minister Dahal has been claiming publicly that an agreement will be signed on the game changer project during his China visit.
CPN (Maoist Center) General Secretary Dev Gurung after returning from China had said that efforts are being made to sign agreements on important projects during the Prime Minister’s China visit.
Prime Minister Dahal is leaving for New York to take part in the United Nations General Assembly at 6 pm on Saturday.
