US Assistant Secretary of State Donald Lu to visit Nepal
United States Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu is set to visit Nepal.
He is scheduled to arrive in Nepal on November 17, according to a source in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
During his two-day visit to Nepal, Lu is to meet Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, Foreign Minister Narayan Khadka, other ministers and leaders of various political parties and hold discussion on a wide range of issues, including COVID19 assistance.
Assistant Secretary Lu’s visit can be viewed as carrying significance as time is running out for parliamentary ratification of the US grants assistance Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact, which was signed between Nepal and the US in 2017.
Earlier, Fatima Sumar, MCC vice president, visited Nepal and stressed that financial aid should not be made a political issue. She had said she was hopeful that Nepal would take a decision soon.
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