Prime Minister of the interim government Sushila Karki is set to brief the representatives of Kathmandu-based diplomatic missions and development partners of the preparations for the March 5 elections and other priorities of the government, on Friday.

Prime Minister Karki, who also takes charge of the foreign ministry, is briefing the diplomats at the foreign ministry, not at the Prime Minister’s Office.

Although she has met several Kathmandu-based ambassadors and diplomats separately in the last one month after being appointed as the prime minister on September 12, she is holding a joint briefing about the government’s priorities and what the government wants to achieve in future.

The briefing is going to be held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday at 2 pm.

“The prime minister is going to brief the representatives of the Kathmandu-based diplomatic missions and development partners on Friday,” Ajaya Bhadra Khanal, chief adviser to the prime minister, told the Post. “She will inform them about the priorities of the government, including the ongoing preparations for the upcoming elections, among other things.”

Around 30 representatives, including ambassadors, diplomats and heads of development partners such as the United Nations Development Programme, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, International Monetary Fund, among others, will be present in the briefing.

Karki will also inform the diplomats and heads of development partners about the government efforts being made to restore law and order, ensure good governance, make reform in different sectors, control corruption, among other things and will seek the support and goodwill for holding the parliamentary elections on March 5, said foreign ministry officials.

It has been a tradition for the government to brief representatives of the international community based in Kathmandu about its domestic and foreign policy priorities following major political changes.

Prime Minister Karki will also reiterate the government’s commitment to democratic values, inclusion, rule of law and other fundamental principles that Nepal has committed to in various international platforms.

“We had planned to hold the briefing last week but it is now taking place on Friday due to the busy schedule of the prime minister,” foreign ministry spokesperson Lok Bahadur Paudel Kshetri said.

During the briefing, while the prime minister will apprise the diplomatic representatives of the government’s preparations for the election and other priorities, there will be no question-and-answer session, a foreign ministry official said.