ADB Vice-President Yingming Yang pays courtesy call on PM Dahal

KATHMANDU: Vice-President (South, Central and West Asia) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Yingming Yang, paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal.

During the meeting held at the official residence of the Prime Minister at Baluwatar today, they discussed the issues of economic development of Nepal and upcoming investment summit, according to the Prime Minister Dahal’s Secretariat.

On the occasion, PM Dahal said Nepal is the appropriate destination for investment, adding there is ADB’s significant investment in Nepal’s physical infrastructure development.

He shared that Nepal would present effective and investment-worthy projects in the investment summit taking place in Nepal.

“The government has built an appropriate environment for investment by making legal and policy-level revision. It is the best opportunity for investment in Nepal”, underscored PM Dahal.

Stating that ADB was ready to invest in Nepal’s strategic projects, Vice-President Yang explained that the ADB would prepare a strategy to further invest in Nepal in the coming days.

Dr Rupak Sapkota, Foreign Affairs advisor to PM Dahal, high-ranking officials of ADB in Nepal were present on the occasion.