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What is Foreign Minister Khanal doing in New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly?

New York. Minister for Foreign Affairs Shishir Khanal, who is in New York to attend the 81st General Assembly of the United Nations, has a busy schedule.

Foreign Minister Khanal, who arrived in New York this morning leading a Nepali delegation, is busy holding meetings with foreign ministers and delegations from various countries arriving here to attend the United Nations General Assembly.TAG_OPEN_div_86

According to the Permanent Mission of Nepal to the UN, the Prime Minister is attending the bilateral, multilateral and strategic programmes organized here since Monday evening amidst a busy schedule.TAG_OPEN_div_84

On the occasion, Minister Khanal held a bilateral meeting with Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday. On the occasion, Minister Khanal gave initial information about the Rasuwa floods in Nepal on August 23 and praised the support provided by the neighboring country India to Nepal in this hour of grief.TAG_OPEN_div_82

On the occasion, Indian External Affairs Minister Jaishankar expressed his heartfelt sympathy to Nepal and the people through Foreign Minister Khanal.TAG_OPEN_div_80

Similarly, Minister Khanal also met with Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, Motagi Toshimitsu. On the occasion, Minister Khanal thanked Japan for its support to Nepal during the recent disaster.TAG_OPEN_div_78

On the occasion, the Japanese Foreign Minister pledged to provide possible support to Nepal in the short-term, mid-term and long-term terms in view of the emergency situation in Nepal.TAG_OPEN_div_76

He also informed Minister Khanal that 30 million US dollars will be provided immediately under emergency assistance. Foreign Minister Toshimitsu made the remarks during the ‘sideline’ meeting of the United Nations General Assembly held here by the foreign ministers of the two countries, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

On the occasion, Minister Toshimitsu expressed deep condolences for the loss caused by the disaster in Nepal and reiterated his sympathy for the bereaved families.TAG_OPEN_div_72

According to the Nepali mission in New York, Japanese Minister Toshimitsu expressed Japan’s willingness to provide all possible support to Nepal as a close friend of Japan.TAG_OPEN_div_70

He also expressed the belief that the Nepal-Japan ‘Festival’ to be held in Kathmandu in November on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Nepal and Japan would take the friendly relations between the two countries to a new height.TAG_OPEN_div_68

In the midst of a busy schedule, Foreign Minister Khanal met with US Deputy Secretary of State for Political Affairs Alison Hooker as part of the sideline meeting. After the meeting with Minister Khanal, Deputy Foreign Minister Hooker pledged to help Nepal which is facing difficulties due to floods. Immediately after this, the decision to provide an additional 31 million US dollars to Nepal was made public.

In a statement issued by the US State Department, Hooker expressed his sympathy for the people and families affected by the floods in the Trishuli River via Bhotekoshi. On the same occasion, he also announced that one million US dollars will be provided for the construction of a permanent bridge.

He also said that $TAG_OPEN_div_62 8 million will be given to the community for sanitation, drinking water, shelter construction and saving the lives of flood-affected citizens. The statement also said that about $13 million worth of drones will be provided for the purpose of providing information about the disaster.

Similarly, during the sideline meeting, Minister Khanal also met with the foreign ministers of Uganda, Maldives and other countries and apprised them of the losses Nepal has been facing due to climate change.TAG_OPEN_div_60

According to the Permanent Mission of Nepal in New York, Foreign Minister Khanal has been lobbying with the member countries for the necessary support including solidarity in the cause of climate justice.TAG_OPEN_div_58

During these meetings, he said that Nepal was facing various problems due to climate change and the flood in the Bhotekoshi River was the latest example of it, urging world leaders, their counterparts and representatives of various organizations to support Nepal in climate justice.TAG_OPEN_div_56

Minister Khanal also met with the representatives of the US Chamber of Commerce and discussed the issues of investment and trade.TAG_OPEN_div_54

Minister Khanal also participated in the ‘Global South’ programme organized by the Government of India on Tuesday and addressed the Ministerial Conference.TAG_OPEN_div_52

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in New York on Wednesday leading the Nepali delegation to the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).TAG_OPEN_div_50

Foreign Minister TAG_OPEN_div_48 Khanal is scheduled to return home after addressing the UN General Assembly on Friday morning.

Minister Khanal will be in New York for a few more days, so the sideline meeting and meeting are also in the agenda. Minister Khanal is accompanied by Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Amrit Bahadur Rai and representatives of the Embassy of Nepal in Washington DC.

Similarly, Nepal’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Lok Bahadur Thapa, has also participated in some UN sideline meetings.TAG_OPEN_div_44

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