Kathmandu, Nov 15: President Ramchandra Paudel has arrived home this morning from Baku in Azerbaijan by attending the 29th edition of the Conference of Parties (COP29) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Vice President Ramsahay Prasad Yadav, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, Speaker of House of Representatives (HoR) Devraj Ghimire, National Assembly Chairman Narayan Prasad Dahal, and Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak welcomed the President at the VVIP Lounge of Tribhuvan International Airport.
A contingent of the Nepali Army accorded a guard of honour to the President on the occasion.
Also in line to welcome the President at the airport were ministers, lawmakers, high-level government officials and the chiefs of security bodies.
President Paudel had left here for Baku on November 10 to attend the COP29 at the invitation of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
Along with the President, First Lady Sabita Paudel, President Paudel's Water and Environment Expert Dr Parameshwor Pokharel, Secretary at the Office of the President Narayan Prasad Sharma, Secretary at the Office of the Prime Minister Krishna Hari Pushkar, President's Personal Secretary Abagya Paudel, Joint-Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Amrit Bahadur Rai, Executive Chairman of Rastriya Samachar Samiti Dharmendra Jha and President's Communication Expert Kiran Kumar Pokharel also returned home.
