PM Oli to visit Thailand in September to attend BIMSTEC Summit

Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli, is considering to visit Thailand as his first foreign trip, breaking the tradition of visiting neighbouring country first. In the past, Nepalese Prime Ministers mostly paid visit to India first, with some exceptions of choosing China as the favourite country.

The Prime Minister is scheduled to pay a visit to Thailand in the first week of September to attend the BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) Summit, according to sources close to Prime Minister Oli.

An official at the PM’s secretariat disclosed that the Prime Minister will visit Thailand tentatively in the first week of September as his first foreign entourage to attend the BIMSTEC summit, though details of the visit is yet to be finalized.

The leaders of member countries of BIMSTEC including Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand are meeting in Bangkok in the first week of September to attend the summit of the regional body. THe BIMSTEC Summit will kick start in Bangkok from September 4, 2024. Prime Minister Oli will then visit USA in the third week of September to attend the United Nations General