TIL Desk/World/Islamabad/ Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi arrived here on Monday for a two-day official visit. Nepal’s Finance Minister Yubraj Khatiwada and Foreign Secretary Shankerdas Bairagi received Abbasi at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA).
Abbasi landed at the airport on a special aircraft of the Pakistan Army. From the airport, he left for the Hyatt Regency Hotel, where he is staying. The Pakistani Prime Minister is scheduled to meet his Nepali counterpart and CPN (UML) Chairman K.P Sharma Oli later in the day when they were expected to discuss the mutual well-being between the two countries and other issues of bilateral concern, according to Nepal’s Foreign Affairs Ministry.
A contingent of the Nepal Army will present a guard of honour to the Pakistani leader at Tundikhel. Oli will be hosting a dinner in honour of the Pakistani Prime Minister. Abbasi will also meet CPN (Maoist Centre) chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal and will call on President Bidya Devi Bhandari at Rastrapati Bhawan on Tuesday before returning to Pakistan.