Former PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' and 5 Other Leaders Travel to Sri Lanka
Kathmandu. Former Prime Minister and CPN (Maoist Centre) Coordinator Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ along with 6 other leaders have gone to Sri Lanka. CPN leaders Balram Baskota, Baldev Chaudhary, Dama Sharma, Madhav Pant, and Ganga Dahal have also gone to Sri Lanka with Prachanda.
Prachanda and his team have departed for Sri Lanka to participate in a program organized by the International Peoples Assembly, an international network of Communist, Socialist, Progressive, and Leftist forces, to be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka from July 16 to 18, 2026.
The organizers have stated that leaders from Communist, Socialist, and Progressive political parties from Asian countries including Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Maldives, China, Taiwan, Korea, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Iran, Lebanon, Japan, Australia, and Indonesia will participate in the conference, which will run for three days.
The conference is scheduled to have detailed discussions on climate change, global and regional economic crises, militarization and the expansion of neo-Nazi tendencies, foreign intervention in the Asian region, regional peace and stability, and unity and cooperation among Asian countries for building socialism.
During the visit, Prachanda is scheduled to pay courtesy calls and hold bilateral discussions with the President of Sri Lanka, the Prime Minister, the General Secretary of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka, and more than a dozen political leaders from various Asian countries.
It is expected that views will be exchanged on the regional political situation, economic cooperation, strengthening relations between progressive forces, and possibilities for cooperation on common international issues during the meetings.
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