Kathmandu, February 26
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, who is in Geneva to attend the 40th session of UN Human Rights Council, has laid emphasis on the protection of the welfare of Nepali immigrant workers.
In a meeting with Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Qatar on Monday afternoon, Minister Gyawali stressed the protection of wellbeing of Nepali nationals working in Qatar, said Nepal’s Permanent Mission to UN in Geneva.
During the meeting, the two ministers discussed further strengthening of bilateral cooperation as well as promoting investments in Nepal.
On the occasion, Minister Gyawali urged his Qatari counterpart to encourage Qatar’s business community to make investments in Nepal and to actively participate in the Second Investment Summit taking place in Kathmandu nextmonth.
Separately, Minister Gyawali had a meeting with Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom.
Matters of bilateral relations, economic cooperation and those pertaining to the agenda and priority of the Human Rights Council were discussed during the meeting.
Foreign Minister Gyawali is scheduled to address the Council meeting tomorrow highlighting Nepal’s human rights commitments and participate as a panelist in the High Level Discussion on Death Penalty being held at the Human Rights Council.
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