Foreign Affairs Minister urges envoys to help in education, health and poverty alleviation

            Kathmandu, Nov 7: Foreign Affairs Minister Mahendra Bahadur Pandey has said that Nepal was always committed to better diplomatic relations as the active diplomacy would resolve the tougher problems.

            At the first meeting with different countries' ambassadors to Nepal organized by Honorary Counsel Corps Nepal on Friday, Minister Pandey urged the envoys to invest for Nepal's education and health sectors and in poverty alleviation.

            Likewise, Acting Secretary at the Ministry Shankerdas Bairagi underscored the need for exchange of socio-economic supports between the consular service representing countries and host countries as envisaged by the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.

            Dean of the programme organizing institution Basantaraj Mishra said that Nepal was highly sensitive to the security concerns of tourists adding that tourism was development's backbone in Nepal. He urged the foreign tourists to visit Nepal with high confidence.

            Ambassadors and diplomats of USA, Russia, South Korea, Israel, Thailand and other countries to Nepal were present at the programme. RSS