Panchasheel Principles, Nepal's conviction: Newly-appointed Foreign Minister

Kathmandu, July 15: Newly appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr Arzoo Rana Deuba affirmed Nepal's conviction for Non-Aligned Movement and Principles of Panchasheel.     

Taking to media persons after assuming the office at the Ministry today, she viewed Nepal bound between the two landmasses should maintain balancing relations with all nations, including neighbours.     

Foreign Minister Rana shared the role of Foreign Ministry was significant for country's prosperity, adding she would lay her focus to advance economic diplomacy for country's development.     

She stressed that Nepal has made different treaties, agreements and commitments and the implementation aspect could contribute to capitalize economic diplomacy to nurture national interests of the nation.     

The newly appointed Foreign Minister directed the employees to maintain good governance and effective implementation of policies to provide better services.     

She pledged to put further efforts to rescue those stuck in different countries in war.     

Newly appointed Minister Rana is central committee member of the Nepali Congress. She is a member of the House of Representatives from the NC as well as President of Agriculture, Cooperatives and Natural Resources Committee under the Federal Parliament.     

Rana, who became the minister for the first time, is the activist pitching for women rights, reproductive health right of women, rights to property, and equal and equitable representation of women in every State agencies.     

Born in Kathmandu on January 1962, she holds a PhD on Organisational Psychology from Punjab University Chandigadh of India.     

Foreign Minister Rana has been working on the issue of women rights since 1996 by establishing Safe Motherhood Network.(RSS)