Swaraj to attend Nepal meet on reconstruction

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will be among a host of leaders who will attend an international donor conference here for reconstruction efforts following the devastating earthquake that hit Nepal in April.

The International Conference on Nepal’s Reconstruction (ICNR) 2015 is scheduled to take place here on June 25 to raise international assistance for rebuilding the country ravaged by the April 25 earthquake and its aftershocks.

Besides Swaraj, foreign ministers from China and Norway, finance ministers from Bhutan and Bangladesh and Disaster Management Minister from Sri Lanka have confirmed their participation in the international conference, Nepalese Finance Minister Ram Shara Mahat said on Tuesday.

Nepal had initially invited PM Narendra Modi to attend the meet. President of the Manila-based Asian Development Bank and Vice-president of the World Bank will also attend the meet.