Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali is leaving Kathmandu for Dhaka on 17 February 2020 on a three-day official visit to Bangladesh. He is visiting at the invitation of Dr. A. K. Abdul Momen, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.

Minister will be accompanied by the Foreign Secretary Shanker Das Bairagi and senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies and Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation.

During the visit, Minister Gyawali will hold delegation level talks with his Bangladeshi counterpart. The two Foreign Ministers will review the overall aspects of the bilateral relations and exchange views on various matters of mutual interest, such as energy, trade, transit, connectivity, tourism, and cooperation on regional and multilateral issues.

He will also deliver a speech at the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) on Nepal-Bangladesh Relationship and South Asian Cooperation.