Foreign Minister Bimala Rai Paudyal’s Geneva visit has been canceled at the direction of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal. Minister Paudyal was scheduled to leave for Geneva this evening to take part in a program of the Human Rights Council. She took part in the government from the CPN-UML.

A source at the Foreign Ministry said that Minister Paudyal’s Geneva visit was canceled at the direction of PM Dahal.

During a press conference organized by the Foreign Ministry on Sunday, Minister Paudyal informed about her Geneva visit. Though the alliance between the CPN (Maoist Center) and the CPN-UML had broken down over the presidential election, the UML has not left the government. The UML was expected to pull out of the government after the Maoist Center supported the Nepali Congress candidate in the presidential election. During the Secretariat meeting held on Saturday, the UML had said that it has no plan to leave the government.