Finance Minister Sharma, World Bank Vice-President Martin meet

WASHINGTON DC: Finance Minister Janardan Sharma has urged the World Bank to place Nepal on priority in its several initiatives such as the conservation of the mountainous regions, economic revival of rural areas and green corridors along river banks. In a meeting with the World Bank's Vice-President for South Asia, Martin Reiser, in Washington DC on Thursday, Finance Minister Sharma made such a request. On the occasion, matters related to the progress of the programme run by the World Bank were discussed, the US-based Nepali Embassy informed. Likewise, Finance Secretary Krishna Hari Pushkar held a meeting with Vice-President of Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Vice President, Department of Compact Operations, Cameron Alford. On the occasion, the two discussed the issue of timely completing the MCC project in Nepal. Also present at the meeting were MCC Deputy Vice President of Europe, Asia, Pacific, and Latin America Jonathan Brooks. (With inputs from RSS) READ ALSO:

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