Sri Lanka ambassador nominee Jha presents four strategic plans to parliamentary panel

Hearings on ambassadors proposed for four countries are continuing at the parliamentary hearing committee. At the committee's meeting on Wednesday, Dr Manchala Kumari Jha, Nepal's proposed ambassador to Sri Lanka, made public four strategic plans.

She presented plans on expanding tourism and air connectivity, the Ramayana circuit, promotion of Buddhist heritage, and expanding trade and investment.

Proposed ambassador Jha expressed commitment to turning the historical, religious and cultural ties between Nepal and Sri Lanka into concrete outcomes of economic partnership.

During the hearing, Nepali Communist Party lawmaker Barshaman Pun suggested that proposed ambassador Jha focus on the international promotion of Lumbini and religious tourism. He urged emphasis on branding Lumbini.