Nepal Media Celebrates HH the Amir’s Visit with Comprehensive Media Coverage

Doha: The media in Nepal, including newspapers, television channels, and news websites, celebrated on Thursday through comprehensive press coverage the visit of HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani to Kathmandu, which concluded Wednesday as part of an Asian tour. The media in Nepal covered many aspects of the visit, reviewing the strategic importance and promising results from His Highness's visit to Nepal. Nepalese television channels followed with great interest the news of the visit of HH the Amir, highlighting the outcomes that resulted from the signing of several agreements concerned with sports, arts, culture, and scientific research. In this context, a report by Kantipur TV (KTV) said that during the state visit of HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani to Nepal, the labor agreement between the two countries was discussed with great interest. For its part, Republica newspaper said in a report under the title 'Cabinet approves memoranda of understanding to be signed between Nepal and Qa tar,' indicating that the Nepalese government approved the joint memoranda of understanding between Nepal and Qatar, adding that the agreements and memoranda of understanding include vital areas for bilateral cooperation relations and vary from the fields of education, culture, youth, sports, media, training, and cooperation in the field of diplomatic work. It affirmed that the visit of HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani to Kathmandu witnessed calls for investment in the tourism, agriculture, and hydroelectric energy sectors in Nepal, highlighting the contribution of Nepalese workers to the development of Qatar. The newspaper added in a report entitled 'Prez Paudel solicits Qatar's investment in Nepal's water resources, agriculture and tourism sectors' and that informed officials believe that the discussions and agreement between the two countries on Wednesday would pave the way for new opportunities for Qatari investment in Nepal's water resources, agriculture, and tourism sectors. The officials expressed optimism that the visit would identify more areas of cooperation and strengthen relations between Qatar and Nepal, pointing out that the visit of HH the Amir of Qatar just before Nepal's investment conference, is expected to send a positive message about Nepal at the international level, the paper added. In turn, a Nepali TV correspondent said that the visit of the Amir of the State of Qatar to Nepal gains its importance because it is the first visit by a Gulf ruler to Kathmandu on a historic state visit, indicating that Nepal celebrated the distinguished diplomatic relations with Qatar, and designated this visit as an honorary one when it declared on Tuesday a national holiday. The correspondent added in an interview with the news bulletin that a large number of Nepalese workers live in the State of Qatar. Therefore, it is natural that the relationship between the two countries is so friendly, pointing out that the largest part of Nepalese economic revenues comes from the State of Qatar being one of the richest countries in the world, which makes remittances coming from this country very high, out of every five Nepalese families there is a family with an individual working in Doha. For its part, Nepalese The Kathmandu Post newspaper said that the visit of the HH the Amir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani to the country is the highest-level visit from Qatar after the two countries established diplomatic relations in 1977. The newspaper said in its report that the Amir pledged to strengthen bilateral relations with Nepal and diversify the economic and social support provided to Nepal, adding that the Qatari side also expressed great interest in increasing investment in the hydroelectric sector in Nepal. According to the newspaper, the two parties reached an understanding in areas such as hydropower, agriculture, tourism, water resource conservation, and climate change. The two sides are expected to discuss many issues of bilateral interest, including inviting Qatari investments in various sec tors in Nepal and renewing the working agreement, it continued. Nepal's Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is likely to submit a request for Qatari investment in a major project, either building an international airport or a hydroelectric project, according to officials familiar with the meeting's agenda, the paper added. Source: Qatar News Agency