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FM Gyawali meets his Portuguese counterpart
Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Gyawali had a meeting with Augusto Santos Silva, the Portuguese foreign minister, at the latter’s office in Lisbon on Wednesday afternoon.Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Gyawali had a meeting with Augusto Santos Silva, the Portuguese foreign minister, at the latter’s office in Lisbon on Wednesday afternoon.
Bilateral relations were discussed at the meeting, the Nepali Embassy in Paris said in a statement. Besides discussing cooperation in areas of trade, investment, technology transfer and people-to-people relations, the possibility of enhancing cooperation in language and culture also featured in the meet. Also present in the session were Nepali Ambassador to Portugal Ambika Devi Luintel and Joint-secretary at the Foreign Ministry Ghanashyam Bhandari. A memorandum of understanding on the establishment of bilateral consultation mechanism between the two nations.
Envoy Luintel and Director General for External Policy of Foreign Ministry of Portugal, Pedro Costa Pereira, signed the MoU on behalf of their respective ministries. (PR)