Kathmandu, July 13
Donald Lu, the United States assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian affairs, is coming to Nepal on Friday.
The US Embassy released a statement stating Lu was coming for a one-day visit.
During his visit to Nepal, Lu will meet the leaders of Nepal’s political parties and embassy staff. The embassy source said that Lu will only stay in Nepal for a few hours after which he will leave for another South Asian country on Friday.
According to sources at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he is coming to Nepal to take stock of how the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) was being implemented in Nepal.
This will be Donald Lu’s third visit to Nepal. He first came to Nepal in 2021 when the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), was in the process of being ratified by the House of Representatives.
His second visit came in 2022 at a time when the US was pushing Nepal to take part in the State Partnership Program. The government had decided to withdraw from the project after a draft of the agreement leaked by the media exposed the possibility of the US troops staying in Nepal for an indefinite period, inviting criticism from stakeholders.
