Kathmandu, Aug 9: Prime Minster KP Sharma Oli returned home on Friday after attending the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) in Turkmenistan.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Urban Development Prakash Man Singh, Minister for Home Ramesh Lekhak and Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Badri Prasad Pandey received the Prime Minister at VVIP Lounge of the Tribhuvan International Airport.
Also present on the occasion were Chief Secretary of the Government of Nepal, Chief of Army Staff, chiefs of security agencies and high-ranking government officials.
A contingent of Nepal Army had offered a guard of honour to the Prime Minister.
PM Oli had left for Turkmenistan at the official invitation of President of Turkmenistan, Serdar Berdimuhamedow, and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The conference was held in the city of Awaza on August 5-8.
During the conference, PM Oli addressed the programme as Chair of the Global Coordination Bureau of Least Developed Countries.
Similarly, the Prime Minister co-chaired one of the high-level roundtable meetings and also delivered remarks at various programmes.
On the sidelines of the conference, PM Oli held bilateral talks with heads of the delegation from various countries, as well as high-level office-bearers of the UN and other international organisations.
Altogether 32 Landlocked Developing Countries from Asia, Europe, Africa and South America had attended the conference where discussions on direct sea access, hurdles facing the landlocked nations and benefits to be taken from the world markets were held.
PM Oli was accompanied by his spouse Radhika Shakya, Chief Advisor Bishnu Prasad Rimal, Federal Parliament Member Surya Bahadur Thapa Kshetree, Foreign Secretary Amrit Bahadur Rai and senior government officials.
