US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu has held a meeting with Nepali Congress President and former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Friday.
US diplomat Lu who arrived on a one-day visit to Nepal today reached Dhumbarahi to hold a meeting with Deuba.
During the meeting, US dignitary has expressed concern about the implementation of the millennium challenge corporation (MCC) grant compact.
“The matters of bilateral relations, development construction, and MCC grant compact implementation were discussed in the meeting,” said Bhanu Deuba, the personal secretary of Deuba, “Lu expressed commitments to assist Nepal to deal with the impacts induced by the climate change.”
Lu is also scheduled to hold separate meetings with Foreign Minister NP Saud and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, said Prime Minister’s secretariat.
According to the US embassy’s Facebook post, US dignitary will also hold a meeting with an American Chamber of Commerce member to inquire about its efforts toward developing skills of Nepalis to compete globally.
Likewise, Lu will attend a dinner reception at the US embassy later in the evening followed by meetings with the various leaders of the political parties before leaving Kathmandu tonight, said embassy.
This is Lu’s third visit and the first after Pushpa Kamal Dahal was elected as the prime minister in December last year.
Lu visited Nepal for two days in July 2022. He had come to Kathmandu after the Nepal government decided not to be part of the State Partnership Program (SPP).
Prior to that, he visited Nepal in November 2021. At that time MCC was pending in the Parliament.
US diplomat is on a whirlwind tour to South Asian countries including India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
