Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who is in New York to attend the 79th United Nations General Assembly, is busy with diplomatic engagements on the sidelines of the assembly.

The prime minister paid a courtesy call on Finnish President Alexander Stubb on Tuesday local time.

“I paid a courtesy call on the President of Finland H.E. @alexstubb. I am grateful for Finland’s support in health, education, and climate action. As Nepal graduates from LDC status by 2026, we look forward to stronger partnerships for a sustainable transition,” said Oli in a post on X.

Likewise, Prime Minister Oli held bilateral talks with Samoa’s Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa, discussing the promotion and protection of common interests at multilateral forums.

“We highlighted the organic linkage between mountains and oceans and agreed to collaborate in the fight against climate change,” Prime Minister Oli said in a post on X.

The prime minister also met USAID Administrator Samantha Power, expressing gratitude for the United States' steadfast support in Nepal’s development efforts, especially through USAID.

On Monday, Oli addressed the ‘Lead-Free Future: Partnership Launch and Pledging Event’, organised by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as the keynote speaker. In his address, Oli underlined lead poisoning as a major cause of productivity losses and harm to child health, especially in developing countries. Oli stressed the need for effective domestic policy measures, international assistance in national institution building, bridging financing gaps through adequate resource mobilisation, and multi-stakeholder partnership to curb its adverse impacts.

Later in the day, Oli addressed the World Leaders’ Forum at Columbia University, during which he shared the struggles Nepal and Nepali people have undergone in the country’s path to democracy. In the address, he underlined his vision of ‘comprehensive democracy’, which cultivates an environment that guarantees equal rights, equal access to opportunities, social justice, and security as well as dignity for all. It aims to elevate human conscience and advance civilisation to a higher realm, Oli said, according to a statement issued by Nepal’s permanent mission in New York.

Oli was also paid a courtesy call by Nisha Biswal, deputy chief executive officer of US International Development Finance Corporation. During the meeting, the two discussed matters of Nepal-US development cooperation including Nepal’s priorities, graduation from the LDC category and its smooth, sustainable and irreversible graduation.