Kathmandu, July 27
Minister for Finance Janardan Sharma has expressed
gratitude to the United States of America for its support during the post-quake
rescue in 2015 and COVID-19 pandemic period.
In a meeting with Ambassador of the USA Randy Berry
at his office in Singhadurbar on Tuesday, Minister Sharma also expressed his
hope that Nepal would receive additional cooperation and facilitation in the
supply of vaccines against the deadly virus.
According to him, vaccines for COVID-19 are the top
priority of the government. Minister Sharma expressed his commitment to expediting
the projects in Nepal being executed with the support from the USA. The
government will pay attention to monitoring of the project to complete them at
the earliest, he stated.
During the call, Ambassador Berry said that the USA
was with Nepal in the fight against the pandemic.
The USA is supporting Nepal in health and education
sectors and it would be continued in the days to come, he said.
The USA has provided 1.5 million doses of vaccines. I am hopeful of further support in the days to come, said Berry.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 28 July 2021.
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