KATHMANDU: CPN-Unified Socialist Chairman and former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal is leaving for New Zealand today for a week-long visit.

The former PM is scheduled to address the “70th Mount Everest Celebration Day” to be held in Auckland city of New Zealand on Monday.

According to Dilu Pant, a politburo member of the party, Chairman Nepal is scheduled to meet representatives of New Zealand government, Nepali diaspora community, and party’s well-wishers there.

Likewise, Chairman Nepal would attend an event to be organized by Non-Resident Nepalis Association (NRNA) in Sydney, Australia.