KATHMANDU, Feb. 14 -- Foreign Minister Dr Arzu Rana Deuba has left for Oman on Friday. She is leading a four-member Nepali delegation to participate in the 8th Indian Ocean Conference being held in Muscat, the capital of Oman. The conference will be held from February 14 to February 20.

Foreign Secretary Amrit Bahadur Rai and foreign ministry officials bid farewell to her at the Tribhuvan International Airport.

Rana is scheduled to attend the conference at the invitation of Oman's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi. Minister Rana will be representing Nepal in the conference, which has the main theme of Voyage to New Horizons of Maritime Partnership.

Minister Dr Rana will also address the session on A...