PM Dahal leaving for Uganda on January 18 to attend NAM Summit

Published On: January 14, 2024 08:09 PM NPT By: Republica | @RepublicaNepal

KATHMANDU, Jan 14: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is leaving for Kampala, Uganda, on January 18, leading a Nepali delegation to the 19th Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).

The Summit is being held in Kampala on January 19 to January 20. The prime minister will be accompanied by his daughter Ganga Dahal.

The Nepali delegation includes Minister for Foreign Affairs Narayan Prakash Saud, Foreign Secretary Sewa Lamsal and senior government officials, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The prime minister is scheduled to address the plenary session of the summit on the theme ‘Deepening Cooperation for Shared Global Affluence’ on January 19.

On the same day, he will attend the state banquet hosted by the President of the Republic of Uganda, Gen Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, in honor of the heads of delegation of NAM Member States.

On the sidelines of the summit, the prime minister will have bilateral meetings with the heads of states, heads of governments and other high dignitaries attending the summit.

The summit will be preceded by a ministerial meeting on January 17-18.

Foreign Minister Saud will leave Kathmandu on January 16, leading a Nepali delegation to the ministerial meeting of the summit. The ministerial meeting will be preceded by the senior officials meeting on January 15-16.

The summit will consider the report of the Preparatory Ministerial Meeting, review the progress achieved in the implementation of the outcomes of the 18th summit held in 2019, and conclude with the adoption of the Kampala Declaration.

Nepal is a founding member of the Non-Aligned Movement and has been actively participating in all NAM summits since its inception. Principles of non-alignment constitute one of the basic tenets of Nepal’s foreign policy.

The prime minister will return back to Kathmandu on January 21.

Subsequently after the 19th NAM Summit, the Third South Summit is being held in Kampala from January 21 to 22. Foreign Secretary Lamsal will lead the Nepali delegation in the South Summit.

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