Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ h🌠as🐠 emphasised the importance of regional cooperation for meeting the aspirations of about 1.6 billion people in the BIMSTEC region.
In a statement marking the 26th anniversary of the Bay of Bengal Initiatives for Multi-Sectoral and Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), he also underscored “the need to overcoming the adverse impacts of pandemics likꦿe Covid-19, financial hardships, supply chain disruptions, and climate🔜 risks to transform the regional potentials into reality".
"The Prime Minister has alꦍso expressed his desire to work with all member-states for cultivating fruitful connections among the peoples of the region," according to the statement issued by the Foreign Minis𝐆try.
As an active member of BIMSTEC, Nepal has led the people-to-people contact sector in the BIMSTEC cooperation,✤ it🔯 noted.
Similarly, in a separate൩ message, Foreign Minister NP Saud has "highlighted the potentials of BIMSTEC with abundant natural resources; rich cultural heritage; huge markets and rich destinations for tourism as well a🍌s trade and investment opportunities for economic growth and development".
The foreign minister called for the "transformation of potentials of the region into reality and produce results for achieving regional peac☂e and prosperity", according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
