Nepal

Prime Minister Deuba arrives in Doha on way to Glasgow

By Rastriya Samachar Samiti

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba boarding a flight at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, on Friday. Deuba is flying to Glasgow to take part in COP26. Photo: RSS

DOHA, OCTOBER 29

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba arrived in Qatar's capital Doha today in course of attending the 'World Leaders Summit' to be held in Glasgow city of the United Kingdom.

Leading a high-level Nepali delegation to the Summit of the 26th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Prime Minister Deuba had left for the United Kingdom today morning by Qatar Airways. He arrived at the Hamad International Airport, Doha.

The prime minister was received by Charge d' affaires of Nepal for Qatar Laxman Khanal and senior officials of the embassy.

PM Deuba-led delegation has departed for the UK capital, London, from Doha this afternoon.

Prime Minster Deuba would remain in London on Saturday and Sunday where he is scheduled to attend different meetings and programmes.

The 21-member Nepali delegation comprises PM Deuba, Minister of Forests and Environment, Ramsahay Prasad Yadav, Foreign Affairs Ministry Secretary Bharat Raj Poudyal, Secretary at the Ministry of Forests and Environment, Prem Narayan Kandel, Finance Secretary Madhu Kumar Marasini, Home Ministry Secretary Tek Narayan Pandey, National Planning Commission Secretary Kewal Prasad Bhandari and Chair of the National Trust for Nature Conservation, Madhav Bahadur Karki, among others.

Along with the 26th Conference of Parties on UNFCCC from October 31 to November 12, British Prime Minister Borris Johnson is hosting a 'World Leaders Summit' on November 1 and 2.

The PM is scheduled to return from the UK on the 3rd of November and arrive in Kathmandu in the morning of the 4th of November 2021.

A version of this article appears in the print on October 30 2021, of The Himalayan Times.