Kathmandu, Aug. 4 -- Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli left for Turkmenistan on Sunday night, leading a Nepali delegation to attend the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries.

Deputy Prime Minister and Urban Development Minister Prakash Man Singh, Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba and Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Badri Prasad Pandey saw off the prime minister at the Tribhuvan International Airport.

On the occasion, the prime minister was accorded a guard of honour by a contingent of the Nepal Army.

According to the Foreign Ministry, Prime Minister Oli is visiting Turkmenistan at the official invitation of President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedow and UN Genera...