Canadian senate speaker commits active participation in Sagarmatha Samvad

George J. Furey, Speaker of the Senate of Canada has committed to active participation of Canada in Sagaramatha Samvad (Sagaramatha Dialogue) to be hosted by Nepal in April.

In an interaction with federal parliamentarians here today, he expected that the dialogue would be fruitful to Canada as well as Nepal and Canada were facing same problem of climate change.

On the occasion, the Speaker extended best wishes for success of Visit Nepal: 2020. He said his visit will deliver the message that there was no risk of novel corona virus in Nepal despite having threat in neighbouring China. He also expected Nepali delegates’ visit to Canada soon. Lawmakers Khagraj Adhikari, Parbata DC Chaudhary, Sarita Neupane and Kmala Kumari Ale expected that the speaker’s visit will promote Nepal’s tourism delivering good message from him.

Meanwhile, Speaker George met with National Assembly chair Ganesh Timilsina at the latter’s office Singh Durbar today. On the occasion, both held discussions on parliamentary affairs and bilateral issues between the two countries.