Kathmandu, Dec. 8
Prime Minister K P Sharma
Oli has extended greetings and felicitations to the governments and people of the
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) member states on the
occasion of the Fortieth anniversary of SAARC Charter Day on Sunday.
In his message, he underscored
SAARC’s prominent role in fostering mutual trust, understanding and cooperation
among member states; and expressed firm commitments of Nepal- current SAARC
Chair- to its Charter for building a peaceful, prosperous and integrated South
Asia.
"Highlighting persisting
socio-economic and environmental challenges including climate change and
transnational organised crimes, he also called for revitalising SAARC process
for promoting shared interests and prosperity of the people in the region,"
read a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) of Nepal on
Sunday.
Likewise, in a separate message,
Foreign Minister Dr. Arzu Rana Deuba expressed best wishes to the governments
as well as the people of SAARC member states on this special occasion.
She acknowledged the vision
of founding leaders and the importance of the SAARC Charter in promoting
collective self-reliance; improving the quality of life of people, and
fostering regional solidarity to address a multitude of common challenges.
According to the MoFA, she
also stressed the need to revive and enable SAARC to live up to its objectives including
SDGs in the spirit of amity, and mutual consensus enshrined in the Charter.
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