KATHMANDU, Sept. 25 -- Nepal, the present chair of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), has urged all SAARC member states to explore all viable options to hold the 19th SAARC Summit at an early date so as to generate a new momentum and dynamism in the regional body.

During an informal meeting of SAARC Council of Ministers held on Thursday virtually, Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali stressed the need for making SAARC an effective and result-oriented regional organization capable of bringing visible changes to the lives of the peoples of South Asia, according to a press release issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The meeting of SAARC Council of Ministers is an annual affair and usually tak...