Kathmandu, March 24 -- Nepal will invite heads of state and foreign ministers from various countries to its flagship event, Sagarmatha Sambaad, which will focus on climate change, climate justice, its impact, and related issues.

Originally scheduled for 2020, the multi-stakeholder dialogue forum was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is now set to take place from May 16 to 18.

During a briefing to international media in Kathmandu on Monday, Amrit Bahadur Rai, Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, announced that invitations to heads of state are being sent.

"We are expecting head of government or head of state and foreign ministers and forest ministers. They are the ones to whom we have sent out the foreign invitations. ...