Rai calls for global solidarity among LDCs

By A Staff Reporter,Kathmandu, Dec. 4: Foreign Secretary Amrit Bahadur Rai has called for robust global solidarity and ambitious partnership for smooth, sustained, and irreversible graduation of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

Delivering his opening remarks at the High-level Meeting on 'Forging Ambitious Global Partnerships for Sustainable and Resilient Graduation of Least Developed Countries' on Tuesday in Doha of Qatar, he underscored the persistent challenges facing the LDCs. 

According to the Embassy of Nepal in Doha, he highlighted deep-rooted structural impediments, limited access to international markets, widening digital divides, resource constraints and increasing climate-related impacts experienced by the LDCs. 

He addressed the meeting as the Chair of the Global Coordination Bureau of the group of LDCs. 

Likewise, addressing a Ministerial Dialogue on graduation challenges, he highlighted the key areas of agriculture, hydropower, tourism, manufacturing, ICT and human capital that hold immense potential for Nepal's economic transformation despite the challenging global development landscape. 

He expressed Nepal's keen interest to working closely with development partners, the United Nations systems, and the international community for sustained graduation.

The same day, the Foreign Secretary visited the Embassy of Nepal in Doha and instructed the officials to protect and promote Nepal's national interest and make every possible effort to deliver best services to Nepali migrant workers living in Qatar.

Foreign Secretary Rai is in a three-day visit to Doha to participate in High-level Meeting jointly organised by Qatar and the UN Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island States (UN-OHRLLS).