President of Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) and former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba will be paying a visit to the United States of America in the third week of March.

This is the first foreign visit of Deuba after he was released from ten-month-long detention as per the Supreme Court order last month.

According to NC (D) officials, Deuba is visiting the US at the invitation of the Columbia University and the Nepali community in the US.

Spokesman of the NC (D), Dr Minendra Rijal, told Nepalnews that Deuba will be attending a seminar on Nepal at the University as a chief guest on March 22.

Nepali experts and Nepal’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Madhu Raman Acharya, will be presenting papers in the seminar.

Deuba will also try to garner support for the ongoing agitation of the seven political parties during his visit to the US, party sources said.

Detailed information regarding Deuba’s visit is yet to be known.

Sources said the former premier will also apprise the senior US officials about the roadmap of the seven political parties for the restoration of democracy in Nepal.

The USA has criticized the 12-point pact between the seven political parties and Maoists and has been saying that reconciliation between the King and the political parties is the only way out of the present political impasse in the country.