Nepal President leaves to attend UN Vesak celebration

12 May 2017 01:20 pm

Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari today left to Colombo on a five-day official visit, The Himalayan Times reported today.

Bhandari will visit Sri Lanka at the official invitation of Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and is scheduled to attend the UN Vesak Day-2017 Conference to be held in Kandy as the Chief Guest on May 14.

Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, House Speaker Onsari Gharti, Cabinet members and top government officials bade Bhandari farewell at the Tribhuvan International Airport, where she also received a 21-gun salute from the Nepal Army.