Kathmandu, March 8
A delegation of French lawmakers is visiting Nepal for five days beginning Tuesday.
“In view of further strengthening Nepal-France relations, the president of France-Nepal Friendship Group of the French House of Representatives, Véronique Riotton, and two vice-presidents, Nicolas Forissier Graziella Melchior, will be on an official visit to Nepal,” the French Embassy in Kathmandu says in a statement.
The French lawmakers are visiting at the invitation of the chairperson of Nepal-France Inter-Parliamentary Group, Madhav Kumar Nepal.
Apart from Madhav Kumar Nepal, the visiting French parliamentary delegation will pay courtesy calls on President Bidya Devi Bhandari, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, House of Representatives Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota, National Assembly Chairman Ganesh Prasad Timilsina, former prime minister KP Sharma Oli, Foreign Affairs Minister Narayan Khadka, Lalitpur Mayor Chiribabu Maharjan and members of the private sector and think tank, according to the statement.
