Foreign Minister Bimala Rai Paudyal is leaving for Geneva on Sunday. She is leaving for Geneva this evening to take part in a program of the Human Rights Council. Organizing a press conference on Sunday, the Foreign Ministry informed about Foreign Minister’s Geneva visit.

Though the alliance between the CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Center) has broken taking the issue of presidential election, the UML has not left the government.

Paudel took part in the government from the UML. After the CPN (Maoist Center) supported the Nepali Congress candidate for the post of the President, it was expected that the UML, the second largest party in the Parliament, would pull out of the government. Minister’s Paudel’s Geneva visit had also become uncertain. Paudel said that she is leaving for Geneva as per the decision of the Cabinet. The Rastriya Prajatantra Party had also left the government on Saturday.