KATHMANDU, Dec 3: Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) Mayor Balendra Shah (Balen) has clarified that he held a meeting with US Ambassador to Nepal Dean R. Thompson only after the permission from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA).

On Friday afternoon, UML leader Bhim Rawal raised a question whether Mayor Balen Shah had obtained permission from the MoFA for the meeting with the US envoy. Responding to Rawal, Mayor Shah clarified that he held a meeting with the US envoy only after he had obtained permission from the MoFA.

He wrote, "When the American ambassador tried to meet with us several times, we instead asked him to come with permission from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and we gave him permission to meet only after he came with permission from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs."

Mayor Shah has said that he has no desire to seek help from foreigners. The envoy came with a proposal to help us financially, but we have sent him a message saying that we will help build a temple or Pati Pauwa that reflects Nepali civilization in America. And instead of selling electricity to foreigners through MCC, we have expressed the opinion that economic progress should be made by using that electricity in Nepal," he wrote.

 
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