Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Rana in Hong Kong

May 29, Kathmandu: Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr Arzu Rana Deuba, has reached Hong Kong today. Leading a Nepali delegation, Minister Rana left for Hong Kong on Wednesday night to participate as observer in signing ceremony for the Convention on the Establishment of International Organization for Mediation at the invitation of Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of CPC Central Committee, Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, according Minister Rana’s Press Advisor, Yek Raj Pathak.

The signing ceremony is being held in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China on May 30. Mediation is one of the key dispute settlement methods outlined in the United Nations (UN) Charter. Co-initiated by 19 countries, including China, the organisation represents a contribution from developing countries to the international rule of law.

The IOMed will fill a critical gap in mechanisms focused on mediation-based dispute resolution, it is stated. The delegation comprises senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Consulate General of Nepal in Hong Kong. Foreign Minister Rana will return home on May 31.