Government to give continuity to high-level visits as per need: Foreign Ministry
KATHMANDU:- The government has said it will continue high-level visits as needed while deepening relationships with all friendly countries.
At the regular news conference held today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Joint Secretary and Spokesperson Lok Bahadur Paudel Kshetri informed that the government is preparing for a high-level visit according to established diplomatic practices.
Spokesperson Kshetri mentioned that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is ready to facilitate Chairman Rabi Lamichhane’s visit to China based on the request of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), and said that all visits will be carried out on a diplomatic basis.
“Visits or exchanges between political parties are the matter of the respective parties. If there arises a situation where coordination or diplomatic facilitation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is required for such visits, the Ministry will provide the necessary facilitation based on the request of the concerned political party,” he said.
In response to a question, he said the ministry was not aware of Prime Minister Balendra Shah’s chief advisor Kumar Ben’s visit to India.
He mentioned that cultural diplomacy is an important aspect of every country’s diplomatic practice and also informed that the government has adopted a policy to make it more effective and stronger.
