KATHMANDU, Dec 13: Minister for Foreign Affairs Kamal Thapa is visiting the United Kingdom from Tuesday. Thapa, who also holds the portfolio of deputy prime minister, will meet his British counterpart, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Philip Hammond as well as Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Hugo Swire, and MP and DFID Minister Desmond Swayne.
According to the ministry, Thapa will also meet members of British Parliament and other important members of British society and the Nepalese living in the UK during his visit.
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In course of his visit, DPM Thapa will attend a special Bicentenary Reception hosted by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London on Wednesday to commemorate the two-hundred years of Nepal-UK relations.
On Thursday, Nepali delegation led by the joint secretary at the Europe America Division of the ministry will participate in the second Nepal-UK Bilateral Consultation Meeting. Minister Thapa will return home on December 21.
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