Kathmandu, Feb. 2
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Bimala Rai Paudyal
has left for Colombo, Sri Lanka on Thursday to participate in the 75th
Independence Day programme of the island nation.
She was received by the MP of Sri Lanka Premitha
Bandara Tennakoon at the Bandaranaike International Airport.
FM Dr. Paudyal is scheduled to attend the
Independence Day ceremony and reception hosted by the president at the
President's House on February 4. She will meet Sri Lankan President, Ranil
Wickremesinghe and Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena.
She is visiting the SAARC member country at the
invitation of her Sri Lankan counterpart M.U.M. Ali Sabry. She will return to
Kathmandu on 5th February.
Minister Dr. Paudyal will participate in a dinner
hosted by Nepali Ambassador to Sri Lanka Basudev Mishra on Thursday evening.
On this occasion, she has planned to interact with
the Nepalese community in Sri Lanka, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed
in a statement.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 3 February 2023.
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