Foreign Minister Shrestha leaves for Indonesia

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Narayan Kaji Shrestha on Tuesday left for Bali of Indonesia to participate in the Fifth Conference of Bali Democracy Forum scheduled to be held from November 8-9.

Narayan Kaji Shrestha

Foreign Affairs Minister Shrestha will put forth Nepal´s position on institutional development of democracy, system and process in the conference state-owned news agency RSS reported quoting officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Representatives of over 50 countries will participate in the conference, where Minister Shrestha will have bilateral meetings with his counterparts from neighbouring and SAARC countries.

Deputy Prime Minister Shrestha is accompanied by Joint-Secretary at the Ministry Ambika Luintel and his aide Susan Karmacharya. Shrestha is scheduled to return home on November 10.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai himself will look after the portfolio of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Federal Affairs and Local Development in absence of Deputy Prime Minister Shrestha, according to the Prime Minister´s Office. nepalnews.com