President Paudel leaving for Qatar on November 3

Kathmandu, Oct 31: President Ramchandra Paudel is leaving for Qatar on November 3 to attend the Second World Summit for Social Development to be held in Doha of Qatar, from 4 to 6 November.

He has been invited to the Summit by the Amir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed, issuing a press statement today. Ministry’s Secretary Amrit Bahadur Rai said that the President is leading a 12-member Nepali delegation to the Summit. President Paudel is scheduled to address the Plenary Meetings and the High-Level Roundtable of the Summit on November 4.

The President is scheduled to hold meetings with the UN Secretary General and the Amir of Qatar, it is said. On the sidelines of the Summit, the President will also meet some world leaders attending the event. At a news briefing today at the Ministry, Secretary Rai said the Summit would make a shared commitment on cooperation and assistance for social development.

The Summit is also expected to hold intensive discussions on development inequalities in the world, demographic imbalances and the impacts of technology on society. The First World Summit for Social Development was held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1995. The President will be accompanied by his spouse Sabita Paudel, Communications Expert to the President Kiran Kumar Pokharel, Secretary of the Office of the President and other senior officials of the government.

President Paudel and the delegation will return to Kathmandu on November 6.