Wednesday, November 29, 2023

FNCCI to host Nepal-Dubai Business Forum

 Kathmandu, Nov. 28

The Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FNCCI) is organising Nepal-Dubai Business Forum in Dubai of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 30 November.

Prime Minister Pushpakmal Dahal Prachanda will be the chief guest of the event which is being held with the support and cooperation of Nepali Embassy in the UAE, the FNCCI informed in a statement on Tuesday. About 100 business persons from both countries are expected to attend the conference.

"The Forum will discuss the expansion of economic and business relations between the two countries, investment promotion and expansion of the labor market, market expansion and potential of Nepali agricultural products in the Middle East," said the FNCCI.

Chandra Prasad Dhakal, President of the business body, expressed his belief that the business conference will help in attracgint investment from the Middle East to Nepal and promoting the export of Nepali agricultural products to the countries there.

It is believed that the doors of mutual cooperation will be opened in the energy and tourism sectors from the conference.

Earlier, the FNCCI has organised business conferences in India and China in the presence of PM Prachanda.

Following the Business Forum, the delegation of the FNCCI led by Dhakal is scheduled to participate in the United Nations Climate Conference (COP 28) which will be held in Dubai on December 1 and 2.

Meanwhile, PM Prachanda is leaving for Dubai on Wednesday leading the Nepali delegation to the 28th COP.

He is scheduled to attend the high-level session of the CO28 World Climate Action Summit on 1 and 2 December and deliver Nepal's naitonal statement on the second day.

PM Prachdna will also attend the UAE's 52nd Union Day celebrations and Zayed Sustainability Prize Awards Ceremony to be hosted by the UAE.

On the second day of the conference, he will host a high-level side event entitled 'Call of the mountain: Who saves us from the climate crisis?' to raise the voice of Nepal on climate changes as well as promote the mountain agenda in the COP negotiation process, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal had informed the other day.

PM Prachanda will also hold bilateral meetings with the heads of states, heads of governments and high dignitaries attending the conference. 

  Published in The Rising Nepal on 29 November 2023.

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