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Kathmandu Friday June 29, 2001 Ashadh 15, 2058.
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Poet
Devkota’s statue in Lhasa
KATHMANDU, June 28 (RSS)- The statue of poet laureate Laxmi
Prasad Devkota has been installed on the premises of the Royal Nepalese Consulate General
based in Lhasa of the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China.
The statue of the poet laureate Devkota was provided by the
Nepal Education Council. The statue was jointly unveiled by vice chairman of the Tibet
Autonomous Region Tsering Samdu, member-secretary of the Nepal Education Council Rama
Sharma and Royal Nepalese Consul General Shanker Prasad Pandey.
Speaking on the occasion, the vice-chairman of the Tibet
Autonomous Region said that a new chapter had been added to the relations between Nepal
and China with the installation of the statue of poet laureate Devkota in Lhasa.
Member-secretary of the Nepal Education Council Sharma said
it has been a matter of great pride for the Nepalese to be able to install the statue of
the poet laureate in Lhasa.
Royal Nepalese Counsul General Pandey said that installation
of the statue of poet laureate Devkota in Lhasa has further deepened the relations
subsisting between Nepal and China.
The statue unveiling ceremony was attended by about 300
Nepalese and Chinese.
Likewise, a poetry symposium was organised in Lhasa recently.
The symposium was participated in by 12 Nepalese and Tibetan poets.
Speaking on the occasion, member-secretary of the Royal Nepal
Academy Dr. Tulsi Bhattarai said that the Nepal Education Council and Royal Nepalese
Consulate General had carried out a very significant work by installing the statue of poet
laureate Laxmi Prasad Devkota in Lhasa.
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