New York, Sept 23: The two Prime Ministers held a discussion for the expansion of the people-to-people and trade relations between Nepal and Bhutan.
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 a Nepali delegation and Prime Minister of neighbouring country, Bhutan, Dasi Tshering Tobgay held a meeting on Sunday.
They had the meeting at the Office of the Nepal’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York.
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.
Prime Minister Oli pledged to provide necessary facilitation for the development of people-to-people and trade relations between the two countries.
Likewise, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli held a meeting with Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah.
They had a meeting at the Office of the Kuwait’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York.
Similarly, 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.
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 the 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. #nepal #UNGA #bhutan
