Monday, January 9, 2012

Nepal to host second BIMSTEC ministerial meeting on poverty alleviation next week

Nepal is all set to host the second Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) ministerial meeting on poverty alleviation in the capital next week.
"Preparations for the meeting on January 15-16 have been finalised,” said officiating spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) Tirtha Raj Wagle.
Besides Nepal, Thailand, India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka are the BIMSTEC members. “Though the date was fixed, confirmation of the participation of some of the member countries is yet to come,” Wagle said.
All member states except India and Sri Lanka have already confirmed their participation in the meeting. But, India and Sri Lanka are yet to confirm as they are finalising who will attend the meeting.
Ministers of the member states looking after the poverty alleviation and development issues or official representatives would attend the two-day conference that will set common agenda and goals for poverty alleviation in the region.
"It would focus on how to meet target of poverty alleviation set in the Millennium Develop Goals (MDGs) and possible strategies to achieve it," he added.Minister of Finance Barshaman Pun is going to chair the meeting, where Minister of Finance, MoFA and National Planning Commissions and other line agencies looking after the poverty issues will take part.

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