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Monday, November 01, 2010 - 8.40 GMT |
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President's
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Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav requested President Mahinda Rajapaksa to channel his political and diplomatic goodwill and skill in the region in sustaining positive momentum in the current political process underway in Nepal.
The Nepal President made this request during the bilateral discussion between the two leaders in Shanghai, China yesterday (31).
The Nepal President elaborated on the current peace process in progress in Nepal and the efforts taken in the drafting of the Constitution.
President Rajapaksa spoke of the need to establish a high level political mechanism as a positive step to help the political parties reach a consensus and said he will do his utmost in mustering the necessary impetus to strengthen the current discussions.
The President of Nepal felicitated President Rajapaksa for leading the country to rid itself of terrorism and praised President Rajapaksa's foresight for the country in embarking on the course of political stabilization and accelerated economic development.
Recalling the warm and friendly relations between the two countries, the two leaders discussed many areas in which bilateral cooperation could be strengthened.
The Nepalese side requested for SriLankan Airlines flights to commence to Kathmandu at the earliest and indicated that putting in place a network of air travel connectivity would generate facilities for promoting Buddhist circuit tourism in the region. The two sides agreed to explore possibilities of having joint packages as an impetus to promoting the President's vision for 'Visit Sri Lanka 2011'.
Speaking with regard to the inauguration of the Sri Lanka Monastery Complex in Lumbini, President Rajapaksa pledged to fast track the remaining work of t he Complex including the Pagoda. He reiterated the desire to jointly promote Lumbini as a Centre for Peace.
President Rajapaksa invited the Nepalese side to develop the tertiary education sector by using Sri Lankan expertise in IT and skills development, agriculture and Ayurveda medicine field. He explained that due to the progressive steps taken in rural village education and rural sector development, the village level IT literacy has increased from 5% five years back to 32%.
In further improving the economic well-being of the country, both sides pledged to accelerate the process of establishing the Sri Lanka- Nepal Joint Commission in Colombo.
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