President Paudel leaving for Qatar on Monday

Kathmandu, Nov 2: President Ramchandra Paudel is leaving for Qatar on Monday to attend the Second World Summit for Social Development to be held in Doha of Qatar from 4 to 6 November.

The President is visiting Qatar to attend the Summit at the invitation of Amir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Amrit Bahadur Rai said at a news conference today at the Ministry.

The President is leading a 12-member Nepali delegation to the Summit. President Paudel is scheduled to address the Plenary Meetings and the High-Level Roundtable of the Summit on November 4.

The President is scheduled to hold meetings with the UN Secretary General and the Amir of Qatar, it is said.

On the sidelines of the Summit, the President will also meet some world leaders attending the event. It is said that the Summit would make a shared commitment on cooperation and assistance for social development.

The Summit is also expected to hold intensive discussions on development inequalities in the world, demographic imbalances and the impacts of technology on the society. The First World Summit for Social Development was held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1995.

President Paudel and the delegation will return to Kathmandu on November 6. —