Bangladesh, Sept. 25 -- Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has called upon the Foreign Ministers of Saarc Member States to work together to strengthen regional cooperation leveraging the Saarc mechanism to fight against the challenges posed by Covid-19 and explore the new opportunities of cooperation.

"Covid-19 would unfold many new opportunities with new areas of cooperation while many existing sectors might either disappear partially or totally or lose relevance as before," he said while delivering his statement in an informal meeting of the Saarc Council of Ministers held virtually on Thursday.

With a view to revitalising Saarc, Dr Momen underscored the need for revisiting the entire plan of action of Saarc system for its effective i...