Minister for Foreign Affairs Arzu Rana Deuba left for Rome, Italy, on Friday to attend the 44th Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Conference session.

The FAO Conference will take place from June 28 to July 4. According to the foreign ministry, Foreign Minister Deuba is scheduled to address the FAO’s main session and other high-level events.

The delegation led by Foreign Minister Deuba includes the Nepali Ambassador to Austria and Permanent Representative of Nepal to the FAO Bharat Kumar Regmi and officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development.

Following the conference, Minister Deuba is scheduled to participate in programmes organised by the Investment Board of Nepal in Milan, Italy, and Hamburg and Berlin, Germany.

Foreign Secretary Amrit Bahadur Rai and high-ranking ministry officials saw off Foreign Minister Rana at Tribhuvan International Airport this morning.