Foreign Minister holds meeting with Canada-Nepal Parliamentary Friendship Group

KATHMANDU: Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba held a meeting with the Chair and Members of Canada-Nepal Parliamentary Friendship Group in Ottawa on Wednesday.

The Chair of Canada-Nepal Parliamentary Friendship Group and Member of Parliament Sonia Sidhu welcomed Minister Deuba at the Parliament Hill and expressed happiness over the first visit of a Nepali Foreign Minister to Canada.

The two sides reviewed the friendly relations between the Parliaments of Nepal and Canada and stressed the need to promote regular exchanges, experiences sharing between the Members of Parliament of the two countries, according to the Embassy of Nepal in Ottawa.

On the occasion, Foreign Minister Deuba stated that Canada-Nepal Parliamentary Friendship Group stands as an important platform for sharing of experiences and learning from each other’s democratic processes.

Foreign Minister Deuba thanked the Canadian Members of Parliament and Senators for their service to the promotion of Nepal-Canada relations and also informed about the formation of a Nepal-Canada Parliamentary Friendship Group in the Federal Parliament of Nepal.

She expressed confidence that the two Parliaments will be able to promote greater exchanges and collaborations through these important mechanisms.

Likewise, Chair of Canada-Nepal Parliamentary Friendship Group, Sonia Sidhu, highlighted the potential areas of cooperation between the parliamentarians of Canada and Nepal and enriched the friendly relations. She also appreciated the progress Nepal has made in gender equality and empowerment of women and girls with greater representation of Nepali women in the parliament and local government as well as enhanced contribution of them in public life, the Nepal Embassy said by issuing a press release.

Foreign Minister Deuba was accompanied by Nepal’s Ambassador to Canada Bharat Raj Paudyal and other officials during the meeting.