Dr. Mahat urges NRN for Investment

Kathmandu, Jan. 15: Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat has urged the Non-Resident Nepalese (NRN) members and Nepali diaspora in the United States of America to help in moving forward the agenda of economic diplomacy, the Embassy of Nepal in Washington DC said in a press statement the other day.

Addressing a programme on ‘Economic diplomacy and Nepali integration’ in connection with the NRN-USA 5^th Annual General Meeting in Dallas, Texas of the US, he said, “I request you to help the country in moving forward the agenda of economic diplomacy as a pioneer and to utilize the recently provided duty-free access for 66 Nepalese products in the US market.”

The USA has been providing duty free access for 66 Nepalese products in its markets.

Dr. Mahat took opportunity to appeal NRN members to participate and to encourage other investors to participate in the ‘Nepal Investment Summit 2017’ which is to be held in Kathmandu on 2^nd and 3^rd March this year.

Nepalese ambassador to the USA Dr. Arjun Karki, said that although the Embassy had limited resources, it had given importance to the areas of economic diplomacy.

He expressed commitment to work together with the NRN in the days to come and requested all to utilize the trade preference facility and participate in the investment summit.

Economic counselor of the Embassy Kailash Raj Pokharel presented a paper on ‘Trade and investment opportunities in Nepal’.