{"id":430649,"date":"2026-05-31T17:30:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T11:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=430649"},"modified":"2026-05-31T17:30:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T11:45:48","slug":"us-under-secretary-of-state-rogers-arrives-in-kathmandu-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/05\/31\/430649.html","title":{"rendered":"US Under-Secretary of State Rogers arrives in Kathmandu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Kathmandu:<\/strong> US Under-Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, Sarah B Rogers, arrived here today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"627\" src=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Rogers-1-1024x627.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-430650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Rogers-1-1024x627.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Rogers-1-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Rogers-1-768x470.jpg 768w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Rogers-1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>During the visit, Rogers will deliver her keynote speech at the Ascent Summit 2026 to be held in Kathmandu. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly, she is meeting with senior government officials, members of the American Chamber of Commerce, and alumni of US government exchange and education programmes, the US Embassy said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rogers is also scheduled to address issues of freedom of expression and digital freedoms, highlighting their importance as foundations of an advanced society and drivers of economic prosperity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A visit to historic Patan Durbar Square and the observance of seven heritage sites under the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) are also on her to-do list. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under Secretary Rogers\u2019 visit to Nepal reaffirms the United States\u2019 commitment to strengthening the longstanding US-Nepal partnership through expanded economic cooperation, innovation and people-to-people ties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RSS<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the visit, Rogers will deliver her keynote speech at the Ascent Summit 2026 to be held in Kathmandu. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":430650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,2],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-430649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","category-en-news","category-top-stories-main"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430649"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430649"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":430651,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430649\/revisions\/430651"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430649"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=430649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}