Kathmandu. Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Biraj Bhakta Shrestha has left for Bangkok, the capital of Thailand.

Minister Shrestha left for Bangkok on Tuesday to participate in the fifth ministerial conference on ‘Space Applications for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific’.

Minister Shrestha is scheduled to address the conference organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific on Wednesday.

Similarly, Minister Shrestha is scheduled to address a workshop on ‘Lessons from Nepal’s Bhotekoshi-Trishuli incident for preventing a series of disasters in the Asia-Pacific region’ jointly organized by Thailand, Nepal and UN ESCAP on Thursday.

On the sidelines of the conference, Minister Shrestha will hold sideline talks with ministers from different countries, according to Minister Shrestha’s Chief Personal Secretary Sanjib Maharjan.

Maharjan said that Minister Shrestha will raise the issues of disaster early warning system, free use of regional satellite and climate compensation during the conference.

The team comprises Director General of Nepal Meteorological Department, Archana Shrestha, section officer at the ministry, Dev Chandra Gadtaula, climate, disaster resilience and international development expert and board member of Alternative Energy Promotion Centre Ankita Shah.

Minister Shrestha is scheduled to return home on Saturday.