Kathmandu, September 22-Prime Minister Balendra Shah has departed for the United States to attend the 81st United Nations General Assembly. Acting Prime Minister and Finance Minister Dr. Swarnim Wagle bid farewell to Shah before his departure and presented him with a book on the rise and fall of major world powers.
Shah left for the United States at 7 p.m. Tuesday on a Qatar Airways flight. Before his departure, Wagle met Shah at the Prime Minister’s Office and formally bid him farewell.
Wagle gifted Shah The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, a book by British historian Paul Kennedy. The book examines how major powers emerged and eventually declined, focusing on the relationship between history, economic strength and military power.
Following Shah’s departure, President Ram Chandra Paudel appointed Wagle as Acting Prime Minister on Shah’s recommendation. Wagle has also been assigned responsibility for the Ministry of Defence, which was previously handled by Shah.
Wagle will also oversee the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the absence of Foreign Minister Shishir Khanal, who left for the United States on Monday to attend the UN General Assembly.
Prime Minister Shah is scheduled to address the UN General Assembly on September 24. He is scheduled to return to Nepal on September 26.
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