Vice President Jha embarking week-long China Visit; Cabinet okays his visit

KATHMANDU: Vice President Parmananda Jha is to embark on an official visit to the People´s Republic of China from June 4 to 9 to participate on the South Asian Expo to be held at the Kunming province. A meeting of the Council of Ministers Tuesday approved his visit.

Minister for Information and Communications Madhav Prasad Poudel, who is also the Government spokesperson, made public the decisions made by the cabinet meeting today.

The meeting has decided to send regional administrator Aatmaram Pandey to the ministerial-level meeting on population and development strategy for Asian countries going to be held in China from July 9.

Similarly, as per the decision of the Council of Ministers, Auditor General Bhanu Prasad Acharya is set to represent Nepal at a regional meeting on public accounts auditing to be held in Geneva on June 20 and 21. Besides, the meeting has accepted the study leave of Auditor General Acharya. He is taking leave for carrying out a study of the Account System of Britain effective from June 10.

Likewise, Commissioner of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA), Keshab Prasad Badal, is also scheduled to represent Nepal in the Asian ministerial-level conference against corruption

The Council of Ministers has decided to invite the Indian Army Chief to the honor program to be organized by Nepal-India Joint Military Mount Sagarmatha Expedition and Cleaning Campaign.

On a query regarding the Constituent Assembly election ordinance, the Government Spokesperson said discussions about the matters were underway but no decision has taken yet.