Regmi left for New York this evening at 9:15 pm leading a Nepalese delegation. He was seen off by the ministers, government officials at the VVIP lounge at the International Airport.
In the absence of Regmi President Dr Ram Baran Yadav has assigned Minister for Home and Foreign Affairs Madhav Prasad Ghimire to carry out the daily administrative works carried out by the Chairman of the Council of Ministers. [break]
Issuing a statement, the president´s office said that Minister Ghimire has been entrusted with the responsibility as per the recommendation of Cabinet and in line with the Interim Constitution of Nepal, 2007, according to the Office of the President.
Regmi is scheduled to hold separate meetings with Indian Premier Dr Manmohan Singh and United Nations General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon on September 28, according to the Foreign Ministry.
The regular session of the UNGA commenced on 17 September in New York with the theme ‘Post-2015 Development Agenda: Setting the Stage’.
Regmi is accompanied by Foreign Secretary Arjun Bahadur Thapa, Personal Secretary Prakash Regmi, Chief of Protocol Kali Prasad Pokhrel, Regmi’s Spouse Shanta Regmi.
Nepal’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Durga Prasad Bhattarai, Secretary at the Prime Minister’s office, Uddhav Prasad Baskota, and other officials of the Nepalese Mission will also join the Nepal delegation from New York. Regmi is returning in Kathmandu on October 1.
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