Kathmandu, March 18
Nepal’s Ambassador to China, Leela Mani Paudyal, is arriving in Kathmandu on Tuesday after the government decided to recall him, only a few months before he was scheduled to complete his four-year term.
A day before his arrival back home, the bureaucrat-turned-diplomat issued a long statement from Beijing, claiming the period he served as the ambassador was ‘significant and historic’.
Paudyal said he did not make any expression or action in this period that could make Nepalis feel embarrassed.
Paudyal listed Nepali president’s visit to China and Chinese president’s visit to Nepal, a transit and transport agreement, and the inclusion of a few Nepali projects on the list of projects under the Belt and Road Initiative as his achievements.
Likewise, China has become the largest grant supporter for the post-quake reconstruction of Nepal during this term, according to him.
As per the government decision, ruling Nepal Communist Party leader and former minister for foreign affairs Mahendra Bahadur Pandey will soon succeed Paudyal. The Parliamentary Hearing Committee has already begun preparations for his hearing.
