Kathmandu, Nepal June 28, 2022: The Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) of Germany has reiterated its commitment to continue the bilateral development cooperation with Nepal beyond 2023. 

Handing over a letter on behalf of the Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the German Ambassador to Nepal Thomas Prinz made the commitment during the meeting with the Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Monday. 

The German has made a comment to continue Germany's support to Nepal's development efforts in the core areas of sustainable economic development, climate and energy and health and social protection.

‘I am extremely happy that the German Government has decided to continue bilateral development cooperation with Nepal. It gives us the chance to jointly tackle important challenges like climate change,’ the German Ambassador Prinz said.

The representatives of Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development BMZ will be coming for official government to government dialogue within 2022, reads the press statement released by the German Embassy in Kathmandu. 

Nepal and Germany have a long-standing bilateral cooperation for over 60 years. German Development Cooperation has been supporting Nepal’s efforts in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, ambassador Prinz states in the statement.