Nepal and the United Kingdom have completed the sixth bilateral consultation mechanism meeting in London. The two sides reviewed the overall state of the Nepal-UK relationship and deliberated on enhancing the engagements in various areas of mutual interest, the Nepali Embassy in London says in a statement.
The meeting reviewed the ongoing talks on ex-Gurkha issues and agreed to continue discussion towards addressing the grievances, according to the statement.
“The delegations exchanged views on over two centuries-old friendship and cooperation and took stock of the progress made in major aspects of the bilateral relations, including development cooperation and priorities, trade, investment and tourism, education and human resource development, consular matters and people-to-people linkages, the British Gurkha issues, climate change and sustainable development as well as working together on agendas of mutual interest in multilateral forums,” the statement says.