UN Secretary General Guterres calls on PM Dahal

KATHMANDU: Visiting United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres today paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Sunday.

Prior to the meeting, Chief Secretary Dr Baikuntha Aryal and Foreign Secretary Bharat Raj Paudyal welcomed the UN Secretary General to the Singha Durbar-based Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers.

Earlier, the UN Secretary General had held separate meetings with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense, Purna Bahadur Khadka and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Narayan Prakash Saud.

The UN Secretary-General is scheduled to call on President Ramchandra Paudel, Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba and CPN (UML) Chairperson KP Sharma Oli today itself.

Likewise, he will visit the Lalitpur-based Patan Durbar Square today.

United Nations Secretary General Guterres arrived in Kathmandu at the invitation of Prime Minister Dahal on Saturday night.