PM Dahal to leave for Qatar on March 3

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ is leaving for Doha, Qatar on March 3. He is visting Qatar on Friday to attend the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries.

Organizing a press conference on Sunday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed about the Prime Minister’s Doha visit.

The prime minister Dahal will be in Qatar till Monday, March 6, according to Sewa Lamsal, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Prime Minister Prachanda is scheduled to address the conference. Bilateral meetings have also been scheduled with the heads of state and heads of government participating in the conference.

This will be Prime Minister Dahal’s first foreign visit after assuming his office on December 25 last year.

It is expected that at the conference, specific initiatives and concrete deliverables will be announced that will address LDC-specific challenges including the climate crisis and environmental degradation.

Spokesperson at the Foreign Ministry said that PM Dahal will return home on March 6.