President leaves for Nepal to attend BIMSTEC Summit

President Maithripala Sirisena left for Nepal this morning (29) to attend the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Summit, the President's Media Division (PMD) stated. 

At the conclusion of the summit, the Chairmanship of BIMSTEC will be handed over to Sri Lanka by the current Chair, Nepal. 

The Presidents of Sri Lanka and Myanmar, the Prime Ministers of India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Thailand and the Chief Advisor of the Bhutanese Government will be leading their respective delegations to the summit. The leaders are to adopt the 4th BIMSTEC Summit Declaration ‘Towards a Peaceful, Prosperous and Sustainable Bay of Bengal Region’ on August 31 upon the conclusion of the summit. 

During his stay in Nepal, President Sirisena will meet with his Nepali counterpart President Bidhya Devi Bhandari and Nepalese Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli on 1 September. The President will also attend a banquet hosted by the President of Nepal in his honour. 

President Sirisena will be visiting Lumbini on September 1 and on September 2, he is scheduled to visit the SAARC Secretariat in Kathmandu and attend a tree-planting ceremony there.

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