November 1: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wrapped up his four-day official visit to Nepal on Wednesday.    
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Purna Bahadur Khadka bade him farewell at the VVIP lounge of the Tribhuvan International Airport.    
On the occasion, high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and representatives of the United Nations Office in Nepal were present.    
A contingent of the Nepalese Army offered guard of honour to Guterres in his farewell.    
The UN secretary-general arrived here on October 28 for his official visit to Nepal at the cordial invitation of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal.    
During his stay in Nepal, the UN chief held separate meetings with President Ram Chandra Paudel and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal as well Nepali Congress (NC) President and former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, CPN-UML Chair and former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, Speaker Devraj Ghimire, National Assembly Chairperson Ganesh Prasad Timilsina, Deputy Prime Minister duo, Khadka and Narayan Kaji Shrestha and Minister for Foreign Affairs Narayan Prakash Saud.    
In course of his stay in Nepal, he reached the Everest region and Annapurna Base Camp, Pokhara and Lumbini.    
He also observed historically and archeologically important Patan Durbar Square in Lalitpur.    
PM Dahal had hosted a dinner reception with cultural programme in honour of the secretary-general. He also addressed the joint session of the federal parliament.    
This is the first visit of Guterres after assuming the post of UN secretary-general in 2017 and his second visit to Nepal as a UN representative. During his visit, he discussed the issues related to Nepal's home-grown peace process, climate change and poverty alleviation.    
His visit has been taken as a highly important diplomatic incident. -- RSS