Leading a Nepali delegation to the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC3), Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is leaving for Turkmenistan on Sunday, August 3.
The Conference is being held in Awaza, Turkmenistan from 5 to 8 August, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) informed in a statement on Friday.
PM Oli was invited to the Conference by Serdar Berdimuhamedov, President of Turkmenistan, and Antonio Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General.
He is scheduled to address the Conference as the Chair of the Global Coordination Bureau of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), and in a national capacity. He will also co-chair a high-level roundtable of the Conference and address other events.
“Besides, the Prime Minister will meet heads of delegations from various countries and other high-level dignitaries of the UN and other international organisations on the margins of the Conference,” read the statement.
PM Oli will be accompanied by his spouse Radhika Shakya, Chief Adviser Bishnu Rimal, Member of the Federal Parliament Surya Bahadur Thapa Kshetree and other high-ranking government officials during the visit.
The Prime Minister will return to Nepal on August 8.