KATHMANDU, March 29: A 10-member delegation led by Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR), Devraj Ghimire, has returned home from Switzerland after participating in the 148th General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).

The delegation had left for Switzerland on March 21 to participate in the General Assembly held at the IPU head office from March 23 to 27. In the General Assembly, Speaker Ghimire delivered a speech on behalf of the Federal Parliament on the topic of 'Parliamentary Diplomacy: Building Bridges for Peace and Understanding'.

Along with Speaker Ghimire, the chief whips of the parliamentary parties of the Nepali Congress Ramesh Lekhak, CPN (UML)'s Mahesh Kumar Bartaula, CPN (Maoist Center)’s Hitraj Pandey and Rastriya Swatantra Party's Santosh Pariyar participated in the event.

Similarly, National Assembly Member Ganga Kumari Belbase, Federal Parliament Secretariat Spokesperson Ekram Giri, Deputy Secretary Pradeep Guragain, and Speaker's Chief Private Secretary Tejprakash Bhattarai attended the event.

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