SARPF steering committee members and senior parliamentarians from India – Hon. MP, Dr Sanjay Jaiswal, the senior Member of Parliament from BJP and the Chairperson, Parliamentary Estimates Committee; Nepal – Hon. MP Deepak Bahadur Singh, Chairperson of the Committee on Infrastructure Development; and Bhutan – Hon. MP Pema Drukpa, Chairperson of the Environment and Climate Change Committee- attended the 29th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP29) in Baku on November 11, 2024.

This was SARPF’s first meeting with the Hon. Prime Minister of Bhutan, Hon. Tshering Tobgay, and other Bhutanese delegation members, wherein a signed copy of the memorandum was presented to them during COP29.

Further, SARPF team also met with the Hon. President of Nepal, Mr Ram Chandra Poudel and the Hon. Minister of Forest and Environment, Mr Ain Bahadur Shahi Thakuri, who are leading their country delegation in COP29 in the presence of other Nepal officials. The dignitaries were briefed on SARPF and the memorandum and were requested to lead the regional cooperation agenda on climate change, energy and environment.