PM asks for investment with British officials

KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Wednesday made an appeal to the international community for bringing investment in Nepal as the country has set foot on an investment-friendly environment with the promulgation of the Constitution last year.

PM Oli made such appeal during meetings with representatives of various foreign donor agencies at his office in Singha Darbar today.

The UK Foreign Ministry's Secretary Simon Macdonald, Department for International Development (DFID) Secretary Mark Lowcock and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Office representatives had met the Prime Ministers separately today.

The PM and British secretaries held talks on further consolidating the mutual relations between the two countries coinciding with the occasion of the bicentenary of establishment of diplomatic ties.

The British secretaries also inquired about the implementation of Nepal's Constitution whereas UNHCR representatives broached the subject of Bhutanese refugees in Nepal and Nepal's economic stride forward.

The PM urged the British secretaries to have no qualms about investing in Nepal as an investment-friendly environment has already been established, PM's Foreign Affairs Advisor, Gopal Khanal, told the journalists.

The British secretaries expressed their happiness at seeing Nepal embarking on a path of economic progress after the promulgation of the new Constitution and held comprehensive talks on ways to draw British investment in bigger projects in particular and secure such investments.

According to PM's Foreign Advisor Khanal, the PM responded to the British concern over the Constitution implementation confirming to them that Nepal was currently in constitution implementation phase, and all problems had been sorted out.

DFID Secretary Lowcock said that cordial talks were held with the PM on Nepal's modern development and bilateral support.

Likewise, in a briefing following the meeting, UNHCR representative Craig Sanders said that talks were held on Nepal's contemporary situation and Bhutanese refugees.