Kathmandu, July 10
Foreign Secretary Sewa Lamsal left for New Delhi on Wednesday, leading a Nepali delegation to the Second BIMSTEC Foreign Ministers’ Retreat scheduled for 11-12 July in the Indian capital.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) of Nepal, during the Retreat, discussions would be held on further strengthening regional cooperation and partnerships in agreed areas of mutual interests and complementarities within the BIMSTEC framework.
On the occasion, the Foreign Ministers and Heads of Delegations of the BIMSTEC Member States are scheduled to pay a joint call on Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi.
BIMSTEC is a 7-member regional organisation that includes Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.
It was formed in 1997 with the aim of promoting multifaceted technical and economic cooperation among the countries of the Bay of Bengal region, according to the BIMSTEC Secretariat.
Foreign Secretary is accompanied by a senior official of the Ministry and will return to Kathmandu on 13 July, Saturday.
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