Kathmandu. Foreign Minister Arju Rana has returned home. Foreign Minister Rana Swadesh returned home from a visit to Thailand on Friday.
She had gone to Thailand a week ago to participate in the 81st session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) in Thailand. Talking to journalists at the airport, Foreign Minister Rana said that such news comes for the sake of gossip and entertainment. She said she was surprised to read the news that the government was changing.
She said, “I am returning home after chairing the 81st session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) held in the Bank of Thailand from Baisakh 8 to 12. I chaired the opening session and the first part of the general debate of UNESCAP. Along with me, the Philippines and others also stood up as voice presidents and after I chaired the opening and general debate, they chaired again. This is the UN system. There is one president and three or four voice presidents. Then I also chaired the Small Body List of Developed Landlocked Developing and Small Island Nations. This group of countries There will be 92 countries. In that session, we chaired it and we are also the chair of the LDC. And we feel that Nepal’s image has improved a little internationally. On the sidelines of the program, a meeting was held with the Executive Secretary of the ESCAP, His Excellency Armidas Alisjavana. In that meeting, I praised the role that ESCAP has been playing in exchanging regional and international cooperation for the economic and social development of the Asia-Pacific region and expressed my belief that this role will be more effective in the coming days. He also provides technical support for how this region is implementing the Sustainable Development Goals. And he also organizes funding mechanisms and discussion forums. We thanked him for his support so far. He also comes here and holds meetings on various issues. This is to discuss what will happen to the trade concessions we are getting when graduating from the LDC, and how to increase its strategies. “And I also put things there regarding the Everest dialogue during my visit. The representatives who were there, the UN Executive Secretary, are also coming.”
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