Kathmandu, Jan. 29
Foreign Minister NP Saud and Nobel Peace Prize winner
Kailash Satyarthi held a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on
Monday.
FM Saud mentioned the contribution made by Satyarthi in
Nepal and India in the field of child rights and social service and charity
work. Satyarthi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 for his work in the
field of child rights.
Satyarthi had reached the MoFA along with Chief Minister of
Lumbini Province, Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary, to discuss the preparation of the 'Laureates
and Leaders' summit to be held in Lumbini on 11-12 March this year.
The Lumbini Government is organising the summit for the
welfare of children, sustainable development and peace at Lumbini, the
birthplace of Gautama Buddha. It has included the summit in its annual policy
and programmes and budget of the current Fiscal Year 2023/24.
According the Lumbini government, experts working in the
field of development from all over the world, senior officials of United
Nations agencies, government and non-government sector representatives will be
invited to the summit.
It expects that the summit will further help in the
promotion of Lumbini.
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