Kathmandu, Nov 15:
President Ramchandra Paudel has arrived home this morning from Baku in Azerbaijan by attending the 29th edition of the Conference of Parties (COP29) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Vice President Ramsahay Prasad Yadav, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, Speaker of House of Representatives (HoR) Devraj Ghimire, National Assembly Chairman Narayan Prasad Dahal, and Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak welcomed the President at the VVIP Lounge of Tribhuvan International Airport.
A contingent of the Nepali Army accorded a guard of honour to the President on the occasion.
Also in line to welcome the President at the airport were ministers, lawmakers, high-level government officials and the chiefs of security bodies.
President Paudel had left here for Baku on November 10 to attend the COP29 at the invitation of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
Along with the President, First Lady Sabita Paudel, President Paudel’s Water and Environment Expert Dr Parameshwor Pokharel, Secretary at the Office of the President Narayan Prasad Sharma, Secretary at the Office of the Prime Minister Krishna Hari Pushkar, President’s Personal Secretary Abagya Paudel, Joint-Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Amrit Bahadur Rai, Executive Chairman of Rastriya Samachar Samiti Dharmendra Jha and President’s Communication Expert Kiran Kumar Pokharel also returned home.
President Paudel leaves for Kathmandu from Doha
President Ramchandra Paudel has left for Kathmandu from Doha, Qatar today. Chargé d’ Affaires of Embassy of Nepal in Doha Kumar Rai, other staff of the Nepali Embassy and the protocol officers of Qatar government bade farewell to President Paudel at the Hamad International Airport.
President Paduel had arrived in Doha on Thursday evening on his way back home after attending and addressing the 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan.
The annual UN climate conference had begun on November 11 in the city of Baku, Azerbaijan.
Paudel had reached Baku to participate in COP29 at the invitation of the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev. He addressed the ‘World Leaders Climate Action Summit’ on Tuesday. On the occasion, he reminded the world community to protect mountains for the protection of the planet earth.
President Paudel is accompanied by First Lady Sabita Paudel, Minister for Forest and Environment Ain Bahadur Shahi Thakuri, advisors of the President and high-ranking officials of the government.
