KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, who is currently in Glasgow in Scotland to attend the World Leaders’ Summit of the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), has held a formal meeting with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on Monday.

“Sustainable development is vital-especially for the future of our shared Himalayan region, which is particularly vulnerable,” PM Deuba wrote on Twitter after meeting his Indian counterpart, ” I thank him (PM Modi) highlighting this and stressing the importance of working together.”

Similarly, Indian PM Modi has also appreciated PM Deuba for rightly highlighting the threat of climate change to the Himalayan region.

Glad to have met PM @Narendramodi ji at @COP26. Sustainable development is vital — especially for the future of our shared Himalayan region, which is particularly vulnerable. I thank him for highlighting this and stressing the importance of working together! https://t.co/jnbFhKxSJT

— Sher Bahadur Deuba (@SherBDeuba) November 2, 2021

“Met @ SherBDeuba in Glasgow, It is important we keep working together for sustainable development,” PM Modi wrote in Twitter after meeting PM Deuba, “He rightly highlighted the threat of climate change to the Himalayan region.”

Prime Minister Deuba will also hold bilateral talks with the Sri Lankan President as well as the officials of the World Bank and IMF on the sidelines of the conference today.

Prime Minister Deuba and Indian PM Modi held informal meetings with distinguished leaders including Indian Prime Minister Modi, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, UN General Secretary Antonio Guterres among others on the sidelines of the World Leaders’ Summit yesterday.

Earlier, addressing the World Leaders’ Summit on Monday, Deuba urged world leaders to recognize the specific climate vulnerability of the high Mountains and accord high priority to the mountain agenda in all climate-related negotiations.

Prime Minister Deuba who reached London on Friday evening in course of attending the global conference held meetings with the office-bearers of different organizations during his stay there on Saturday and Sunday.

PM Deuba reached Glasgow via Edinburg of Scotland from London on Sunday evening. The COP-26 that kicked off in Glasgow on October 31 is concluding on November 12.