Kathmandu, Nepal, February 7, 2023: The Administrator of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) Samantha Power is arriving here in Kathmandu for her two-day visit to Nepal today (Tuesday).
During her two day stay in Kathmandu, she is scheduled to meet senior officials including Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Foreign Minister Bimala Rai Paudyal and among others.
Likewise, administrator Power is also scheduled to meet with civil society leaders, community groups, students, businesses, and government officials to discuss Nepal’s efforts and achievements in becoming a more democratic, prosperous, inclusive, and resilient country.
“Administrator Power will underscore the United States’ enduring, over 75-year partnership with the government and people of Nepal,” a press statement issued by the USAID said "She will highlight USAID’s commitment to increasing our engagement with Nepal and its new government. Administrator Power will announce new efforts to build momentum to strengthen democratic gains in federalism, social inclusion, civil society, and media freedom."
The USAID has been assisting Nepal since decades. The USAID has recently announced an aid of $659 million (Rs 83 billion) to support Nepal’s goal of graduating to a middle-income country.
It is said that Afreen Akhter, deputy assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA) for Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and the Maldives, as well as the Office of Security and Transnational Affairs, is also arriving in Nepal on coming week.
