The 12th meeting of the joint commission between Nepal and the European Union took place last night via video conference. A wide range of issues of mutual interest were discussed in a cordial, candid and constructive atmosphere, said a joint press release.

The meeting focused on the current COVID-19 pandemic and its social and economic impacts in both Nepal and the EU.

Nepal and the EU opined that the current crisis highlighted the importance of an effective multilateral system and underlined that World Health Organisation was central to our collective efforts to tackle the pandemic. Nepal and the EU agreed on the need to strengthen the global capacity to prevent and respond to future pandemics and on the need for a future vaccine to be a global common good.

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