Lumbini Chief Minister Meets UK Minister for Indo-Pacific Affairs

Butwal. Lumbini Province Chief Minister Chet Narayan Acharya and United Kingdom's Minister for Indo-Pacific Affairs Seema Malhotra held a courtesy meeting. The courtesy meeting took place between them in Rupandehi on Saturday.

During the meeting, discussions were held on the historical and friendly relations between Nepal and the United Kingdom, development partnership, and development priorities of Lumbini Province.

During the meeting, Chief Minister Acharya stated that the Lumbini Province government is focused on sustainable, inclusive, and employment-oriented economic growth. He mentioned the goal of transforming the province's economy through promotion of production-oriented investment, modernization of agriculture, tourism development, industrial expansion, infrastructure construction, and digital innovation.

He mentioned that Lumbini, the birthplace of the Buddha, conveys the message of peace, tolerance, and compassion to the world, and expressed confidence in expanding further cooperation with the United Kingdom in sustainable development, investment promotion, tourism development, and human capital development.

During the meeting, discussions were also held on the effectiveness of the United Kingdom's cooperation, especially in the areas of human capital development, skill enhancement, strengthening of the health system, climate change adaptation, agricultural transformation, sustainable infrastructure development, good governance, and digital transformation.

Chief Minister Acharya expressed gratitude for the continuous cooperation provided by the United Kingdom in Nepal's socio-economic transformation, education, health, infrastructure, disaster management, and good governance reforms.

The meeting was attended by Lumbini Province Chief Secretary Krishnaprasad Kapri, Vice-Chairman of the Provincial Planning Commission Dr. Dilliraj Aryal, among others.