Kathmandu. Coordinator of Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) and former Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ returned home today after completing his five-day political visit to Sri Lanka.
He was welcomed by party leaders and cadres at Tribhuvan International Airport.
Prachanda had arrived in Sri Lanka on July 15. During the visit, he attended the ‘Hands of Asia’ International Conference organized by the International People’s Assembly as a keynote speaker and addressed both the opening and closing sessions.
In the inaugural session, he presented his views on the changes seen in the global balance of power, challenges of imperialism and neoliberalism, experience of South Asian people’s movements and the political framework of socialism in the 21st century. In the concluding session, he called for collaboration among international progressive forces to further strengthen unity, peace, social justice and common struggle among Asian peoples.
During the visit, coordinator Prachanda also gave a special interview to Global South Academic Forum. During the interview, he had talked about Nepal’s peace process, political journey from people’s war to democratic republic, challenges of leftist movement in contemporary world politics and political line of socialist transformation in Nepal.
During his stay in Sri Lanka, he held high-level meetings with major leftist political forces there. During the meeting, President Bhandari held bilateral discussions with the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka and politburo members and exchanged views on the communist movement between Nepal and Sri Lanka, the democratic exercises, economic transformation and cooperation among the international progressive forces.
Likewise, in a separate meeting with General Secretary of the ruling Janata Bimukthi Peramuna of Sri Lanka, Tilvin Silva and the party’s politburo, the communist movement of the two countries and the present political scenario, the experience of leftist cooperation in South Asia, good governance, economic development and pro-people policies were discussed in detail.
The meeting also agreed to further strengthen the political relations between the progressive forces of Nepal and Sri Lanka.
During the visit, Chairman Dahal had met with political leaders of different countries, social campaigners, researchers and progressive intellectuals and deepened their relations. The participants said that the discussions held during the conference have given new energy to cooperation and solidarity among progressive movements in the Asian region.
According to the party, the visit to Sri Lanka has contributed to presenting Nepal’s communist experience in the international arena and in expanding political relations with the leftist forces in South Asia.
Dahal left Sri Lanka this morning and arrived in Kathmandu at 11.55 am as per the schedule.
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