Kathmandu: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has extended warm greetings and cordial felicitations to the governments and people of the member states of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) on the auspicious occasion of fortieth anniversary of SAARC Charter Day today.
In the felicitation message, PM Oli stressed 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 Charters for building a peaceful, prosperous ad integrated South Asia. It has mentioned in a press statement released by the Foreign Ministry today.
Highlighting persisting socioeconomic and environmental challenges including climate change and transnational organized crimes, the PM also called for revitalizing SAARC process for promoting shared interest and prosperity of the people in the regions.
Similarly, in a separate message, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr Arzu Rana Deuba, expressed best wishes to the governments and the people of SAARC member states on this special occasion. Minister Dr Rana acknowledged the vision of founding leaders and importance of SAARC Charter in promoting collective self-reliance, improving quality of life of people and fostering regional solidarity to address multiple challenges faced commonly by the member states.
She also underscored the need for reviving and enabling SAARC to live up to its objective including SDGs in the spirit of amity, mutual consensus enshrined in the Charter.
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