Kathmandu, Oct. 27
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is
leaving for United Kingdom on 29 October leading the Nepali delegation to the
World Leaders Summit of the 26th Conference of Parties to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 26) being held in Glasgow on 1-2
November.
On October 30, he will attend and
address the welcome event being hosted by All-Party Parliamentary Group for
Nepal (APPG-N) and UK-Nepal Trade and Investment Forum in London, informed the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) in a statement.
Likewise, PM Deuba will receive the
representatives of Britain-Nepal Society, Non-Residential Nepali Association and
representatives of Nepali community residing in the United Kingdom.
On October 31, the Prime Minister will
attend a reception hosted in his honor by the Chargé d’affaires at the Embassy
of Nepal in London. He is scheduled to meet with the representatives of Gurkha
Veterans’ organizations, members of British Parliament and other members of
Nepali diaspora.
Similarly, PM Deuba will attend the
official opening ceremony of COP26 on November 1. He will deliver Nepal’s national
statement at the World Leaders Summit.
In the evening of the same day, he will
attend the reception to be hosted by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in
honour of the participating heads of state and governments.
On the sidelines, he will hold bilateral
meetings with heads of state and government and other dignitaries. Likewise, he
is also scheduled to attend the breakfast reception to be hosted for selected
delegates PM Johnson and First Minister of Scotland on November 2.
The Prime Minister is also scheduled to
visit Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh on November 3 and address a gathering
there. He will plant a sapling in the Nepali Garden.
PM Deuba will be accompanied by Ramsahay
Prasad Yadav, Minister for Forests and Environment, as well as senior officials
of the government.
The Prime Minister will return from the
UK on November 3 and arrive in Kathmandu in the morning of the November 4.
The COP 26 is being held from 31 October
to 12 November 2021 in Glasgow, UK.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 28 October 2021.
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