PM Dahal reaches Lhasa

LHASA: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has reached Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, an autonomous region of China that borders Nepal, today in the course of his official visit to China.

The Prime Minister is presently on an official visit to the northern neighbor beginning on September 23.

He reached Tibet from Chongqing of China at 12:00 noon as per the local time. Upon arrival at the Lhasa Gonggar Airport, the Prime Minister was received by officials of the Tibet government led by its executive Vice President.

In Lhasa, the Prime Minister will attend an interaction to be organized at the Office of Consul General of Nepal. He is scheduled to visit Potala Palace at Tibet and Jokhang Temple today itself.

He is scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting with Wang Junzheng, Secretary of the CPC Xizang Autonomous Regional Committee.

The Prime Minister’s entourage is to stay in Lhasa today.

He is accompanied by Foreign Affairs Minister Narayan Prakash Saud, Minister for Water Supply, Mahindra Ray Yadav, and Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport, Prakash Jwala, among others.