Foreign Secretary Bharat Raj Paudyal held a meeting with Vice Minister and Director General for Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Marcel de Vink in The Hague on Tuesday.

The Embassy of Nepal in Brussels, in a press statement issued following the meeting, said that the two sides discussed various matters of bilateral interest.

As per the statement, Paudyal, during the meeting, highlighted the significant level of Dutch cooperation with Nepal in the past, particularly in the areas of human resources and rural development, and requested the Netherlands government to continue such cooperation as human resources development is Nepal's key priority area.

“The Foreign Secretary also requested the Dutch side to place Nepal in the list of priority countries for international cooperation,” reads the statement.

The Vice Minister of the Netherlands appreciated Nepal's developmental aspirations and assured of possible support from the Netherlands in this endeavour, the statement read.

“He also shared about the Netherlands' global outlook, perspectives on rules-based international order and strategy on international cooperation,” reads the statement.

A delegation led by Foreign Secretary Paudyal had arrived in Brussels on Tuesday for the 14th meeting of the Nepal-European Union Joint Commission to be held on Wednesday.