Readout of the Executive Director's meeting with H.E. Hon. Shisir Khanal, Foreign Minister of Nepal

Executive Director Jaewon Choi met His Excellency the Honourable Shisir Khanal, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nepal, and His Excellency Mr. Amrit Bahadur Rai, Foreign Secretary of Nepal. The Executive Director was accompanied by Mr. Caleb Lee, the Foundation's Director for Governmental Engagement.

The Executive Director and the Foreign Minister discussed matters of mutual interest, including humanitarian support for children and youth in the context of the recent floods in Nepal.

They also discussed the involvement of more young representatives in Nepal's foreign representation, including a proposal for a Youth Delegate Programme.

The Executive Director introduced the Youth Advisory Board of the International Think Tank for Landlocked Developing Countries (ITTLLDC), for which the Foundation is Technical Secretariat, and the two sides discussed Nepal's participation in the Board.

Bilateral meetings such as this one are conducted by the Office of the Executive Director and the Foundation's observer offices, which maintain working relationships with member states, intergovernmental organisations and civil society partners.

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