Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has emphasised the importance of regional cooperation for meeting the aspirations of about 1.6 billion people in the BIMSTEC region

Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has 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 like Covid-19, financial hardships, supply chain disruptions, and climate risks to transform the regional potentials into reality”.

“The Prime Minister has also 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 Ministry.