Kathmandu, Dec. 19
Nepal has reiterated its firm commitments to the vision,
objectives of BIMSTEC Charter.
Addressing the twenty fourth Session of Senior Officials'
Meeting (SOM) of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and
Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) held virtually from Bangkok on Thursday, Acting
Foreign Secretary Amrit Bahadur Rai expressed the national view on the regional
body.
Rai shared status of progress made in people to-people
contact and various sub-sectors including culture, tourism and poverty
alleviation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) informed in
statement.
Nepal is a lead country for People-to-People Contact
Forums.
Paisan Rupanichkij, Deputy Permanent Secretary for Foreign
Affairs of Thailand- current BIMSTEC Chair- chaired the Sesion which was
attended by Foreign Secretaries and other high officials of BIMSTEC Member
States.
Meanwhile, Rai also underscored the need to effectively
implement existing legal instruments; work together for equitable climate
financing; and enhance connectivity, institutionalization process within
BIMSTEC.
The session considered various Memorandums of Understanding,
reports, plans of action on cooperation in agreed priority sectors and
recommended these policy documents for endorsement by next BIMSTEC Ministerial
Meeting.
According to MoFA, the Session also dwelt on other
preparatory works leading up to the sixth BIMSTEC Summit in Bangkok, Thailand
ahead.
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