The United States Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, Richard R. Verma, called on Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Friday.
US Deputy Secretary of State Verma who arrived in Kathmandu on a day-long visit to Nepal paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Oil at the Office of the Prime Minister in Singha Durbar a while ago, the Prime Minister’s Secretariat said.
PM Oli extended gratitude for continuous support of the US government since 1950 in Nepal’s socio-economic development sector.
He also expected cooperation of the US government in various areas of development of Nepal. The Prime Minister mentioned that Nepal is in the process of graduating to a developing country from least developed countries within 2026 and issues of laws related to transitional justice of Nepal is also in the process of finalization on the basis of political consensus.
Recalling the 77-year bilateral relations between the two countries, Deputy Secretary of State Verma said it is the matter of happiness for the US to be a partner in Nepal’s development.
The Ambassador also congratulated Nepal for taking the transitional justice towards logical conclusion.
PM Oli’s Chief Advisor, Bishnu Rimal, officials of Foreign Ministry, among others were present on the occasion.
Deputy Secretary of State, while in Nepal, will meet with senior government officials, development professionals, and business leaders to discuss shared priorities in economic development, women’s empowerment, energy, and people-to-people ties, the US Embassy in Kathmandu said.
