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KATHMANDU, Nov 1: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres left Kathmandu today after wrapping up his four four-day official visit to Nepal.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense Purna Bahadur Khadka bade him farewell at the VVIP lounge of the Tribhuvan International Airport.
On the occasion, high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and representatives of the United Nations office in Nepal were present.
A contingent of Nepal Army offered a guard of honor to Guterres in his farewell.
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At the invitation of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, the UN Secretary-General arrived here on October 28 for an official visit to Nepal.
The UN chief had separately called on President Ram Chandra Paudel and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
Likewise, he held separate meetings with Nepali Congress (NC) President and former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, CPN-UML Chair and former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, Speaker Devraj Ghimire, National Assembly Chairperson Ganesh Prasad Timilsina, Deputy Prime Ministers duo, Khadka and Narayan Kaji Shrestha and Minister for Foreign Affairs Narayan Prakash Saud.
In the course of his stay in Nepal, he reached Mount Everest and Annapurna Base Camps, Pokhara and Lumbini.
He also observed historically and archaeologically important Patan Durbar Square in Lalitpur.
PM Daha hosted a dinner reception with a cultural program in honor of the Secretary-General.
In the course of his visit, he also addressed a joint session of the federal parliament.
Guterres who came to Nepal for the first time after assuming the UN Secretary-General post in 2017 discussed the issues related to Nepal's home-grown peace process, climate change, and poverty alleviation.
His visit has been taken as a highly important diplomatic incident.
