Qatari Amir in Nepal for two-day visit

KATHMANDU: The Amir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has arrived in Kathmandu this afternoon as part of a two-day state visit to Nepal. He came to visit Nepal at the friendly invitation of President Ramchandra Paudel. He was received by President Paudel in the special room of Tribhuvan International Airport.

After completing his state visit to Bangladesh, he arrived in Kathmandu by a special plane this afternoon. On that occasion, in honor of the Amir of Qatar, a unit of the Nepali Army offered a salute with a 21-gun salute.

After diplomatic relations between Nepal and Qatar were established on January 21, 1977, this is the first visit of the Amir of Qatar to Nepal. Nepal established its embassy in Doha on July 11, 2000, while Qatar established its embassy in Kathmandu in August 2011.