PM Oli leaving for Turkmenistan today

Kathmandu, Aug 3: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is leaving for Turkmenistan today, leading a Nepali delegation to attend the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries.  

The conference is scheduled to take place in the City of Awaza on August 5-8. 

According to the Foreign Ministry, Prime Minister Oli is visiting Turkmenistan at the official invitation of President of Turkmenistan, Serdar Berdimuhamedow, and UN General-Secretary Antonio Guterres.    

During the conference, PM Oli is scheduled to address the programme in the capacity of Chair of the Global Coordination Bureau of Least Developed Countries. 

Similarly, the Prime Minister would co-chair one of the high-level roundtable meetings and also deliver remarks at various programmes. 

On the sideline of the conference, PM Oli will hold bilateral talks with heads of the delegation from various countries, as well as high-level office-bearers of the UN and other international organisations. 

Prime Minister Oli would be accompanied by his wife Radhika Shakya, Chief Advisor Bishnu Prasad Rimal, federal parliament member Surya Bahadur Thapa Chhetri, and senior government officials. 

PM Oli is scheduled to return home on August 8.  (RSS)