India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has arrived in Kathmandu to attend a meeting of foreign ministers of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC).

She landed at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu at around 1:45 on Thursday, Raveesh Kumar, Spokesperson at Minister of External Affairs, India tweeted. This is her 6^th visit to Nepal.

Swaraj came to Nepal days before a scheduled visit of Chinese vice premier Wang Yang and in the wake of a border standoff at Doklam in Sikkim between Beijing and New Delhi.

Besides attending the 15th meeting of foreign ministers of the BIMSTEC, Swaraj will hold meetings with meet Nepali leaders.