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Kathmandu, 24 September:  Nepal has urged the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Member States to explore all viable options to hold the 19th Summit at an early date and to generate the new momentum and dynamism in SAARC.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali chairing the Informal Meeting of the SAARC Council of Ministers  that was held virtually today,  stressed the need to make SAARC an effective and result-oriented regional organization capable of bringing visible changes in the lives of the peoples of South Asia. Gyawali highlighted the need for deeper engagement of the Member States to collectively fight Covid-19 and develop regional resilience to mitigate the impacts of the pandemic.

Ministers for Foreign/External Affairs of all the SAARC Member Countries participated in the Meeting.  The Meeting was hosted by Nepal as the current Chair of SAARC.

People’s News Monitoring Service