President Paudel, UN Secretary General hold brief meeting

BAKU: President Ramchandra Paudel and United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres held a brief meeting on Monday.

They met on the aircraft from Doha, Qatar, to Baku, Azerbaijan, to participate in the 29th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29).

During the meeting, they briefly discussed the problems caused by climate change.

"Climate change is a common problem for all of us. We all have to come together to solve this problem to protect the mountains, the Earth, and the human community," the President's press advisor, Kiran Pokharel, quoted the President as saying during the conversation.

Secretary General Guterres visited President Paudel where he was seated aboard. President Paudel arrived in Baku via Doha, Qatar, leading a high-level Nepali delegation to participate in the COP29 summit, which started on Monday.