Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal reached Dubai of the United Arab Emirates on Thursday, leading Nepal's high-level delegation to the 28th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 28).

Nepali ambassador to the UAE Tej Bahadur Chhetri and UAE’s Ambassador to Nepal Abdulla Saeed Mubarak Jarwan Al Shamsi and officials at the Nepali Embassy received the prime minister at the Dubai International Airport

Prime Minister Dahal is scheduled to visit the Embassy of Nepal in Abu Dhabi and address a programme jointly organised by the Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industries and Dubai Chamber in the evening today.

Dahal will attend the high-level segment of the COP 28-World Climate Action Summit being held on Friday and Saturday.

Likewise, the prime minister will be hosting a high-level side event “Call of the mountain: Who saves us from the climate crisis?” to raise Nepal’s voice on climate change as well as promote the mountain agenda in the COP negotiation process, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Monday.

Dahal’s daughter Ganga, Minister for Forest and Environment Dr Birendra Prasad Mahato and other senior government officials will be accompanying him on the trip. He is scheduled to return home on Sunday.