Govt to provide 100 thousand US dollars assistance to AIT

Kathmandu, April 1: The government has decided to provide 100 thousand US dollars as financial support to the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand.

The meeting of the Council of Ministers held on Monday evening decided to provide the grant to AIT, given its financial crisis and Nepal being its founding member, according to the government spokesperson and Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Prithvi Subba Gurung.

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who is embarking on a Thailand visit this afternoon to attend the 6th summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), is also scheduled to address a program at AIT.

PM Oli is holding an official visit to Thailand at the friendly invitation of his Thai counterpart, Paetongtarn Shinawatra.