KATHMANDU

Minister for Foreign Affairs Sujata Koirala flown to China to attend a special program to be performed in the Nepali platform constructed the World Expo . The visit is said to have been made for promoting tourism in Nepal . The minister will inaugurate a special program at the expo focusing Nepalese Art, Culture and life style on September 3.

The Peace Lamp taken to China some days from Lumbini will be lighted at the function. The program will also display facts that will help in establishing the fact that Buddha was born in Nepal. The Nepali platform constructed in the Pagoda style has been reported by the Foreign Ministry as one of the major attraction of the expo. Koirala will return to Nepal on September 5.