Kathmandu,
Oct. 15
Finance
Minister Dr. Yuba Raj Khatiwada left Kathmandu on Tuesday for the joint annual
meeting of the World Band (WB) Group and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
being held in Washington DC of the United States of America.
Nepal is a member of the South East
Asian Voting Group under the WB and IMF.
FM Dr. Khatiwada will hold meetings
with the top officials of both the Bretton Woods institutions.
He will deliberate on making the
support from the international development partners for policy reforms in Nepal
more effective, and additional areas of support.
During the meeting, Dr. Khatiwada
will participate in a programme organised to share Nepal's experience, and a
programme to celebrate golden jubilee of Nepal's association with the two
development partners. He is also scheduled to meet high officials from other
donor countries and organisations.
As the current chair of the South
Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Dr. Khatiwada will chair the
informal meeting of the finance ministers of the member countries.
He is also scheduled to hold
discussion with the vice-president of the Asian Development Bank.
He is accompanied by the Chief of
International Economic Cooperation Coordination Division at the Ministry of
Finance Shree Krishna Nepal.
Dr. Khatiwada will return to
Kathmandu on 23 October.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 16 October 2019.
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