LONDON, Oct 31: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba attended the welcome reception organized in his honour by the All Party Parliamentary Group for Nepal and UK-Nepal Trade and Investment Forum in London.
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Addressing the gathering, PM Deuba said that he was encouraged by the goodwill and solidarity expressed in the UK Parliament towards Nepal on various occasions and that it was a warm reminder that Nepal has great friends in difficult times. MP Virendra Sharma, chair of All Party Parliamentary Group(APPG) for Nepal, Lord Sheikh, Vice Chair of APPG and President of UK Nepal Trade and Investment Forum, Lord Lancaster and Catherine West MP also spoke at the programme.
Earlier today, Lord Sheikh, Lord Paul, Chairman of Britain-Nepal Society and Col Nick Hinton, Chairman of Britain-Nepal NGO Network, paid courtesy calls on Prime Minister Deuba. Office-bearers of NRNA and other members of the Nepali community in the UK also met the prime minister.
