Minister Saud leaving for US tomorrow

By A Staff Reporter,Kathmandu, Oct. 28: Minister for Foreign Affairs Narayan Prakash Saud is leaving for an official visit of the United States of America on Sunday. 

During the visit, the Foreign Minister is scheduled to have a bilateral meeting with the US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken in Washington D.C. on 30 October, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has said. 

Issuing a statement, MoFA said Minister Saud will also hold meetings with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Samantha Power, Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation Alice P. Albright and other high-level officials of the US Government. 

He will also meet with Congressman Mike Carey, Nepal Caucus Co-chair in the US Congress, the statement added. 

Similarly, MoFA informed that other engagements of the Foreign Minister include a talk programme at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), interaction with Nepali-American business community, meeting with IT advisory network, and interactions with Non-Resident Nepali Association representatives and Nepali-American professionals.

Minister Saud is leading a Nepali delegation consisting of the Ambassador of Nepal to the United States of America Sridhar Khatri and senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Embassy of Nepal in Washington D.C. as well as presidents of FNCCI and American Chamber of Commerce in Nepal.

Foreign Minister Saud is scheduled to return home on November 5, according to the ministry.