KATHMANDU, March 21 -- Pradeep Kumar Gyawali has said that the 'South-South Cooperation' would help landlocked and least developed countries like Nepal to sustain its political gains through economic development.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Gywali said that during the process, cooperations needed to "respect national ownership and leadership and align to the country's needs and priorities."

Gyawali said so during the Second High-Level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation at Buenos Aires, Argentina.

He added that the cooperation would play an instrumental role to help Nepal's ambition to graduate from LDC countries to middle-income countries by 2030 AD. The foreign minister said that Nepal's vision to graduate into...