President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Monday left for Abu Dhabi for an official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the cordial invitation of UAE's Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and UAE's Armed Forces' deputy supreme commander, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan. 

Vice-President Nanda Bahadur Pun, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and high-level officials were at VVIP longue of at Tribhuvan International Airport to see off President Bhandari. 

A contingent of Nepali Army offered a 21-gun salute to President Bhandari on the occasion. 

Nepal and UAE had established diplomatic relations on January 22, 1977. President Bhandari is scheduled to return home on November 30.