KATHMANDU, Dec 2: The government has limited the number of government officials at the airport to welcome or see off VVIPs and VIPs by amending the VVIP and VIP Security Management Work Procedures.
The amendment to the work procedure was made by the Council of Ministers at the initiation of the Ministry of Home Affairs. The amendment was made four days ago.
The ministry stated that the first amendment to the work procedure has come into effect in the course of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's official visit to China on Monday.
Information Officer at the Ministry, Dil Kumar Tamang, said the number of officials present at the VVIP lounge of the Tribhuvan International Airport while bidding farewell or receiving the president, the vice president and the prime minister when they go on foreign visits or return back has decreased after the amendment to the work procedure.
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He said the amendment was done with the objective of making the welcome and farewell of the VVIPs well-managed and effective, and this was observed during the prime minister's departure to China.
As per the revised provision, there shall be the presence of 14 officials including the vice president, the prime minister and the home minister at the airport whenever the president leaves for or returns from foreign visit. Before the amendment, there was a provision for the presence of 23 officials including the vice president at the airport whenever the president embarked in or returned from a foreign visit.
Similarly, the number of officials having access from the VVIP lounge to the mini carcade at TIA has been reduced whenever the president leaves for foreign visit.
Before the amendment to the work procedure, 13 officials including the vice president had access to the mini carcade. Now it has been reduced to nine officials.
Likewise, the provision of the presence of 12 officials including the prime minister at the VVIP lounge to welcome or see off the vice president whenever the VP went or returned from foreign visit has been now reduced to only seven including the PM.
Similarly, as per the amended work procedure, 12 officials including the acting prime minister will be present at the airport whenever the prime minister embarks on or returns from a foreign visit.
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