KATHMANDU, Dec 20: Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mohammad Uvais Mohammad Ali Sabry is arriving in Nepal today. He is visiting Nepal to participate in the first meeting of the Nepal-Sri Lanka Joint Commission (JC).
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the JC meeting will address bilateral cooperation issues including trade and investment, tourism, education, defense, culture, and people-to-people connections.
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It is also said that during the meeting of the JC, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) will be signed regarding cooperation in the field of science and technology.
In the two-day meeting tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, the Nepali delegation will be led by Foreign Minister Narayan Prakash Saud, while the Sri Lankan delegation will be led by Sabry.
During the four-day visit of Sabry, who is also the former Finance Minister for Sri Lanka, there is also a program of courtesy meetings with President Ram Chandra Paudel, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, counterpart NP Saud and others.
