Kathmandu, April 1: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has embarked on an official visit to Thailand from April 1 to 5 at the cordial invitation of his Thai counterpart Paetongtarn Shinawatra.
Deputy Prime Minister Prakash Man Singh, Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation Badri Prasad Pandey, government senior officials and the chief of security agencies had been at the VVIP lounge of Tribhuvan International Airport to see off the Prime Minister.
Prior to this, a contingent of the Nepali Army offered a guard of honour to the Prime Minister. During the first-ever official visit of the Prime Minister of Nepal to the Kingdom of Thailand, the Prime Minister is scheduled to hold talks with his Thai counterpart and discuss various areas of bilateral relations between Nepal and Thailand.
Following the bilateral engagements, he will lead a 21-member Nepali delegation to the Sixth Summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral, Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) to be hosted by Thailand on April 4 and will address the Summit same day. He will on April 3 take part in a dinner to be oranised in honour of the heads of the nations and the heads of the governments attending the BIMSTEC Summit.
काठमाडौँ, १९ चैतः
प्रधानमन्त्री केपी शर्मा ओली त्रिभुवन अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय विमानस्थलमा मङ्गलबार नेपाली सेनाको टुकडीले प्रदान गरेको सलामी ग्रहण गर्नुहुँदैै । मित्रराष्ट्र थाइल्याण्डको औपचारिक भ्रमण र बहुक्षेत्रीय प्राविधिक तथा आर्थिक सहयोगका लागि बङ्गालको खाडीको प्रयास (बिमस्टेक) को छैटौँ शिखर सम्मेलनमा भाग लिन आज प्रधानमन्त्री बैंककतर्फ प्रस्थान गर्नुभएको हो । तस्बिरः रत्न श्रेष्ठ÷रासस Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli receives a salute from a contingent of the Nepali Army at the Tribhuvan International Airport on Tuesday. He is leaving for Bangkok today for an official visit to friendly country Thailand and to participate in the 6th summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC). Photo: Ratna Shrestha/RSS
PM Oli is scheduled to hold bilateral talks with his counterparts from BIMSTEC member states on the sidelines of the Summit. Despite long-standing friendly relations between Nepal and Thailand, the official visit by the Head of Government of Nepal to Thailand has not taken place yet.
The then Prime Minister of Thailand Prem Tinsulanonda had visited Nepal in 1983. Tinsulanonda died in 2019. The Prime Minister’s entourage includes his spouse Radhika Shakya, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr Arzu Rana Deuba, Bishnu Prasad Rimal, the Chief Political Advisor to the Prime Minister, Dr Yuba Raj Khatiwada, Chief Secretary Eak Narayan Aryal, high-ranking government officials, and representatives from the private sector and media persons.
The Prime Minister will return home on April 5. The Cabinet on March 24 had endorsed the schedule of Prime Minister’s visit to Thailand.
