Nepali Foreign Minister due in SL tomorrow
September 17, 2014 04:16 pm
Nepal’s Foreign Minister Mahendra Bahadur Pandey will arrive in Sri Lanka tomorrow (18) to handover an invitation for 18th SAARC Summit, the Government Information Department says.
Nepal will host the 18th SAARC Summit in Kathmandu from Nov. 22-27.
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) has eight members: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Nine observer countries will also attend the summit. China has an observer status in SAARC.
Nepal has formed a high-level preparatory committee and several other panels to make the event a success, officials said. This is the third time Nepal will host the SAARC Summit after 1997 and 2002.
The SAARC council of ministers will get together Nov 25. The summit will be inaugurated Nov 26. The next day, the summit declaration will be announced followed by a retreat for the regional leaders.
