PM Balendra Shah And New Zealand PM Christopher Luxon Discuss Search and Relief Efforts After Bhotekoshi Flood

Key Points

• Balendra Shah and Christopher Luxon held a telephone conversation about Nepal’s response to the Bhotekoshi flood disaster.
• Shah said search, rescue, relief and rehabilitation efforts were being intensified, with priority given to locating missing foreign nationals, including New Zealand citizens.
• He thanked the New Zealand government for providing NZD 2 million in humanitarian assistance.
• Shah also raised Nepal’s vulnerability to climate-induced disasters and the need for international support for loss and damage.