Kathmandu, 31 May : On Wednesday, Foreign Secretary  Bharat Raj Paudyal held meetings with Secretary General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) Stefano Sannino; Managing Director for Asia and Pacific at the EEAS Gunnar Wiegand and other senior officials at the Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) and the Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA) of the European Commissionat the European Union headquarters in Brussels. During the meeting with the Secretary General of the EEAS, the Foreign Secretary discussed overall bilateral relations and cooperation between Nepal and the EU.  Both sides discussed all major areas of Nepal-EU relations and also reviewed the areas of cooperation since the 13th Joint Commission meeting held in Kathmandu in November last year. The discussion focused on areas such as socio-economic impact of Covid-19, development cooperation, economic relations and EU market access to Nepali products in the context of the planned graduation of Nepal from the LDC status, cooperation in climate change and environmental issues, air safety and access of Nepal’s airlines to the EU sky, among others. They expressed satisfaction over the ongoing cooperation between Nepal and the EU, and agreed to continue working towards further consolidating the cooperative relations, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. People's News Monitoring Service