Two-day 19th NAM Summit to begin in Uganda’s Kampala today

The two-day 19th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit to begin in Uganda’s Kampala today. External Affairs Minister (EAM), Dr. S. Jaishankar will lead the Indian delegation. The Summit will be preceded by deliberations at the Ministerial and Senior Officials levels.

Prime Minister of Nepal Pushpa Kamal Dahal left for Uganda, leading a Nepali delegation to attend the 19th summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).

The NAM summit is being held in Kampala, the capital city of Uganda, on January 19-20. PM Dahal-led delegation comprises his daughter Ganga Dahal, Foreign Minister Narayan Prakash Saud, Foreign Secretary Sewa Lamsal and senior officials of the Nepal government.

PM Dahal will address the plenary session of the summit that is being held under the theme, ‘Deepening Global Cooperation for Shared Global Affluence’ on 19th January. In the course of the summit, the PM will be holding bilateral meetings with his counterparts from the attending countries.

Non-alignment is one of the fundamental principles of Nepal concenring foreign policy.