Wagle leaves for Doha to attend AIIB annual meeting

Kathmandu, September 26 Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle left for Doha on Saturday to lead a Nepali delegation to the 11th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Wagle departed for the Qatari capital on a regular Qatar Airways flight at 7 pm, according to the Ministry of Finance. Amrit Lamsal, joint secretary and head of the International Economic Relations Division at the ministry, is accompanying the finance minister. During the annual meeting, Wagle is scheduled to participate in the session of the AIIB Board of Governors and discuss multilateral cooperation and investment mobilisation in Nepal’s priority areas, including infrastructure development, climate adaptation, renewable energy, post-disaster reconstruction and economic growth. Wagle is also scheduled to hold separate bilateral meetings with the AIIB president and the finance ministers of India, Bangladesh, Qatar and the Maldives, according to the ministry. The Nepali delegation is scheduled to return to Kathmandu on September 30 on a Qatar Airways flight.