FM Khanal to leave for Fiji to attend Pre-COP Leaders Event

Kathmandu, Oct. 1

Minister for Foreign Affairs Shisir Khanal is leaving for Fiji on Saturday, leading a Nepali delegation to the Pre-COP Leaders’ Event to be held in Fiji and Tuvalu on October 5 and 6.

He is scheduled to deliver his remarks at the Leaders’ Plenary on October 6. Prior to the Plenary, he will attend a media interaction session with the President of Palau, prime ministers of Australia and Fiji, informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) in a statement on Thursday.

Following his participation in Pre-COP Leaders’ Event, FM Khanal will travel to Australia, where he is scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting with his Australian counterpart Penny Wong on October 8.

During his visit, Minister Khanal will also participate in separate programmes organised by the Embassy of Nepal in Canberra and the Nepali diaspora in Sydney. He is scheduled to return to Kathmandu on October 12.

 Published in The Rising Nepal on 2 October 2026.