UN congratulates PM Deuba: Willing to work with Nepal government on three primary issues

Kathmandu: The United Nations congratulated newly appointed Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Thursday.

The United Nations Resident Coordinator in Nepal Sara Beysolow Nyanti extended congratulations to Prime Minister Deuba on being appointed as the Prime Minister of Nepal this morning.

Extending wishes, Sara Beysolow Nyanti said that the United Nations is willing to coordinate with Nepal in controlling the Covid-19 pandemic, upgrading Nepal from an underdeveloped to developing country and transforming Nepal into a middle-income status country by 2030.

Similarly, the United Kingdom and the United States among other countries also congratulated Prime Minister Deuba.

President Bidhya Devi Bhandari had appointed Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba as the Prime Minister of Nepal on Tuesday.

President Bhandari appointed Deuba as the Prime Minister in accordance with Article 76(5) of the Constitution.