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<p>Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal today left for India to participate in the BRICS-BIMSTEC Outreach Summit scheduled to be held in Goa tomorrow. According to Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PM Dahal is heading an 18-member delegation to the Outreach Summit that will be preceded by a Retreat Meeting of the leaders of BIMSTEC also convened by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on the same day.</p><p>The Summit is expected to provide an important occasion to explore areas of partnership between the two dynamic groups of countries. PM Dahal will deliver statements at the Retreat and Outreach Summit tomorrow.</p><p>The Retreat of BIMSTEC leaders is likely to discuss matters pertaining to countering terrorism; addressing environment and climate change, disaster management; enhancing connectivity; promoting cooperation in agriculture, energy, trade, technology, tourism, poverty alleviation and people-to-people contact. The Retreat is expected to adopt an outcome document for promoting regional cooperation. </p><p>The Prime Minister is scheduled to have bilateral meetings with leaders of the BRICS and BIMSTEC countries on the sidelines of the Summit. During his scheduled meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Prime Minister is likely to request Xi again for Nepal visit, Foreign Minister Mahat briefed the media about it at a press meet organized on the eve of the Prime Minister's travel to India. </p><p> The Prime Minister will have bilateral meetings with Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, South African President Jacob Zuma and Bhutan's Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay. </p><p>Members of the delegation include Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat, Foreign Secretary Shanker Das Bairagi, and Secretary at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers Tanka Mani Sharma and other senior government officials. <br>He will return home on October 17. <br><br></p>
