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Nepali Home Minister Sudan Gurung To Visit India Next Week For BIMSTEC Meet
- •Nepali Home Minister Sudan Gurung will travel to New Delhi next week for his first official foreign visit since taking office.
- •He will attend the inaugural meeting of BIMSTEC member countries' Home Ministers scheduled for October 13.
- •Key discussions during the summit will focus on cross-border crime, drug trafficking, human trafficking, and countering terrorism.
- •Gurung is expected to hold bilateral talks with India's Home Minister Amit Shah and representatives of other member nations.
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Nepali Home Minister Sudan Gurung will travel to New Delhi to participate in the inaugural meeting of BIMSTEC member countries' Home Ministers, scheduled for October 13. During the visit, he is expected to discuss regional security cooperation, including combating cross-border crime, drug trafficking, human trafficking, and terrorism.
Sudan Gurung assumed office as Nepal's Home Minister on March 27 in the government led by Prime Minister Balendra Shah. His upcoming trip to India next week marks his first official foreign visit since taking office.
BIMSTEC, which stands for the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation, comprises seven member countries: India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.
