Kathmandu, April 20 -- Former prime minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba and his spouse, Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba, are embarking on a six day visit to Thailand on Sunday.

This is the first time the Deuba family is travelling outside the country together with their son Jaiveer Singh Deuba and daughter-in-law Shivana Shrestha who were married last year.

The foreign minister will take part in the 81st session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) that is going to be held in Bangkok from April 21 to 25 at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok, Ekraj Pathak, press coordinator to the minister, told the Post.

Nepal currently chairs the UNESCAP. Minister Deuba will preside...