Kathmandu: Nepalese Minister of Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali held a telephonic conversation with India’s Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar Saturday afternoon.

During the conversation, both foreign ministers talked on enhancing cooperation and measures to combat the threat posed by the spread of COVID-19 pandemic, according to a press release issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The two ministers underscored the necessity for maintaining smooth supply of goods and medical items between the two countries.

They also discussed about having effective surveillance at the border to minimise the risk and vulnerabilities associated with COVID-19. The Nepalese minister thanked the Indian government for offering help to prevent the virus outbreak.