Another issue Minister Dr Rijal focused during the conversation was
role of India in the SAARC region. The new political leadership in India and
its rapid economic growth has been keenly observed by the SAARC countries.
"India is not only a leading country in the region," he continued,
" but also an important player in the world stage." We must learn to
benefit ourselves from its prosperity, he opined.
As for the trade
and commerce activities in the region, to decrease the existing trade deficit
in the SAARC countries, Minister Dr Rijal outlined the need of SAARC leaders to
move further with a common goal so as to focus the activities related to
investment and trade. He also
believed that the Summit will pave the way towards it.
Emphasis
on regional Inter-connectivity
Nepal, acknowledging
the need to ensure a regular inter-connectivity in the region in view of rapid
globalization, is making utmost efforts to advance information and
communication.
During the summit,
Nepal will also take a liberty to propose the other member countries to upscale
the sector of information and mode of communication so that the
people-to-people relations in the region would be consolidated.
As for now, the
Ministries of Information and Communication, Telecommunications' bodies and
Operators of this region are working in unison towards the connectivity.
Earlier, the Indian
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had also floated the idea of increasing the
inter-connectivity in the region. According to which, an agreement between the
nation-owned Nepal Television of Nepal and India's Durdarshan was signed during
his visit.
Preparation,
press and publicity of the Summit
According to the Minister, along with the other preparations in view
of the Summit, the publicity is also being carried out in the full swing.
A Media Centre will be placed in the Radisson Hotel from where the
Prime Minister Sushil Koirala will be
briefing the media about the event.
Minister Rijal, who
is also the coordinator of the Press and Publicity Committee of the Main
Organizing Committee of the Summit, further informed that the Communication
Ministry has been handling the media coordination.
Similarly, another
liaison committee has also been formed under the coordination of the
Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Journalists with
the accreditation card will only be permitted to cover the event. The deadline
to apply online for the accreditation card at the Department of Information is
November 20.
Since the City Hall, the main venue of the event, is not spacious only
limited media person will be allowed whereas those with the accreditation card
can collect the news from the Media Centre which will broadcast alive. Also a
live streaming of the Summit will be in the website of the Department of
Information.
Likewise, the National News Agency (RSS) will also avail the event's
updates to its non-clientele media too. It is also brining a SAARC special
publication on the occasion.
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