Foreign Secretary Sewa Lamsal is leaving for New Delhi on Wednesday, leading a Nepali delegation to the Second BIMSTEC Foreign Ministers’ Retreat scheduled to be held in New Delhi from July 11 to 12.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the Retreat will discuss further strengthening regional cooperation and partnerships in agreed areas of mutual interests and complementarities within the BIMSTEC framework.

The foreign ministers and heads of delegations of the BIMSTEC member states are scheduled to call on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi jointly.

Foreign Secretary Lamsal will be accompanied by a senior ministry official and will return to Kathmandu on Saturday.