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.