Foreign Minister Deuba heads for Hong Kong

She will represent Nepal as an observer at the signing of a pact on a Chinese-backed international mediation organisation.

Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba is leaving for Hong Kong on Wednesday night to participate as an observer in the signing ceremony of the Beijing-backed Convention on the Establishment of the International Organisation for Mediation, at the invitation of Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi. The initiative is seen as a rival to Western-backed mediation organisations.