KATHMANDU: Minister for Foreign Affairs Shishir Khanal will leave for Turkey on Saturday leading a Nepali delegation to the 31st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP31).

Foreign Minister Khanal is scheduled to address the inaugural session of the summit to be held in Antalya, Turkey from November 9 to 20 (November 23 to November 4). He will also participate in the Leaders’ Summit to be held on November 11 and 12 (November 25 and 26), according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

On the sidelines of the conference, Foreign Minister Khanal will also participate in a high-level event on the Himalayas to be jointly organized by Nepal, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Bhutan and Pakistan. In addition, Foreign Minister Khanal will participate in various high-level and side events of the summit and will hold bilateral meetings with his counterpart ministers and other dignitaries, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Minister for Agriculture, Forest and Environment Gita Chaudhary, member of the National Planning Commission Prof Dr Sanjay Acharya, Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture Dr Rajendra Prasad Mishra and nine officials will be part of the delegation. Foreign Minister Khanal is scheduled to return home on November 14.