U.S to provide funds to Nepal to purchase helicopters
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United States has agreed to fund the purchase of additional new helicopters for the Nepal Army to support disaster response efforts.
This announcement was made during the visit of Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Richard Verma on August 16. During his one- day visit to Nepal, Verma met Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba and other high level government officials.
He also met with Millennium Challenge Account Nepal officials about the great progress of the MCC Nepal Compact, tasted some delicious tea with the USAID Nepal-supported Nepal Tea Collective team in Thamel, and met with trailblazing women entrepreneurs.