Madrid: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is leaving for Spain today, leading a Nepali delegation to the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development of the United Nations (FFD-4).
According to National News Agency Nepal, PM Oli’s visit follows an invitation from United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. The FFD-4 conference will be held in Seville, Spain, from June 30 to July 3. The conference will host leaders from governments worldwide, global and regional organizations, financial and trade institutions, businesspeople, civil society, and representatives from the United Nations system.
Nepal plans to use the event as a platform to advocate for least developed, small, and island nations. Discussions will include the implementation of investment commitments by wealthy countries to aid poorer and smaller nations. PM Oli is scheduled to deliver a statement at the conference and hold meetings with Spain’s King Philip II, Spanish Prime Minister Sanch
ez, and other global leaders.
PM Oli will travel to Madrid via Qatar, departing at 6:00 pm today. He is expected to return to Nepal on July 4. The visit aims to enhance investment from developed countries into Nepal and boost tourism from European nations, including Spain.
The 21-member Nepali delegation accompanying PM Oli includes First Lady Radhika Shakya, PM’s Chief Advisor Bishnu Prasad Rimal, Foreign Secretary Amrit Bahadur Rai, Secretary at the Finance Ministry Ghan Shyam Upadhyay, Secretary at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers Raj Kumar Shrestha, PM Oli’s Chief Personal Secretary Rajesh Bajracharya, and PM’s private doctor Dr. Smriti Shakya. Additionally, eight more representatives from Spain and New York, including Nepali Ambassador to Spain Shanil Nepal and Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations Lok Bahadur Thapa, will join the delegation.