Aung San Suu Kyi to visit Nepal: Minister Gyawali

KATHMANDU, Oct 21: State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi is visiting Nepal in near future, said Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali.

“Aung San Suu Kyi has expressed her will to come to Nepal to promote the Visit Nepal Year 2020,” Minister Gyawali, who was part of the delegation of President Bidya Devi Bhandari’s five-day state visit to Myanmar, told reporters upon his arrival at the Tribhuvan International Airport on Monday.

Wrapping-up the visit, President Bhandari, at the invitation the Government of Japan, directly flew to Tokyo to attend the ceremony of the Enthronement of Emperor Naruhito.

“We have already started making necessary arrangements for Suu Kyi’s visit,” he added.

However, Gyawali did not reveal the date of Suu Kyi’s Nepal visit.