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Pakistan lauds Nepal's role to take SAARC forward



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By TRN Online, Kathmandu, Dec. 10: Pakistan has lauded Nepal's constructive role in taking SARRC process forward.

Pakistan's foreign secretary Sohail Mahmood said so while receiving Nepali ambassador to Pakistan, Tapas Adhikari.

Pakistan's foreign secretary 'Deeply appreciated Nepal's constructive role (as Chair and host) in taking SAARC process forward', Pakistan's foreign ministry, sharing information in its twitter handle, quoted secretary Mahmood as saying during the meeting with ambassador Adhikari.

"Foreign secretary underscored importance Pakistan attaches to cordial and multifaceted ties with Nepal and our resolve to further upgrade them," said Pakistan's foreign ministry.

SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) Summit has not been held for over six years. The 19th SAARC Summit scheduled to be held in 2016 in Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad was cancelled at the eleventh hour mainly due to India's unwillingness to participate in the Summit.

As the Chair of the SAARC, Nepal has been trying to persuade all the other member countries to hold the Summit in Pakistan as agreed in the 18th SAARC Summit held in Kathmandu.