Kathmandu, April 5
Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali has left for Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan, to attend the Mid-Term Ministerial Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).
Minister Gyawali will lead the Nepal delegation to the Mid-Term Ministerial Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), says the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The conference will begin today and lasts till April 8.
Other members of the delegation are Durga Prasad Bhattarai, Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations in New York, and Counselor Surendra Thapa.
“The conference will assess the progress since the last summit of the NAM and prepare for the upcoming summit to be held in 2019,” the Ministry says, “The theme of this conference has been set to be “Promoting International Peace and Security for Sustainable Development”.”
Earlier, a Senior Officials Meeting was held on Tuesday and Wednesday before the ministerial conference.
Nepal is a founding member of the non-aligned movement and its principles constitute important elements of Nepal’s foreign policy.
