Kathmandu, March 23 -- Nepal and Thailand could sign a slew of agreements around the sixth summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (Bimstec) as part of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's bilateral visit to Thailand.

Besides participating in the summit from April 2 to 4, Prime Minister Oli wants to undertake a bilateral visit to Thailand. According to senior foreign ministry officials, a number of agreements/memoranda of understanding will be signed between the two countries as well as the private sectors of Nepal and Thailand.

The summit was supposed to be convened in the first week of September last year but had to be postponed due to the government change in Thailand.

There is a possib...