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       A. BILATERAL AFFAIRS                                                                    2
       B. REGIONAL AND MULTILATERAL AFFAIRS                                                    7
       C. POLICY PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY                                               11
       D. PROTOCOL RELATED AFFAIRS                                                             13
       E. SERVICE DELIVERY                                                                     15

       A. BILATERAL AFFAIRS
       PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICIAL VISIT TO INDIA

       At the invitation of the
       Prime      Minister     of    India
       Shri Narendra Modi, Prime
       Minister Mr. Sher Bahadur
       Deuba paid an Official Visit
       to India on 1-3 April 2022.
       The two Prime Ministers
       had bilateral meetings on
       2 April 2022 in which they
       took a broad overview of
       Nepal-India relations in all
       dimensions with a view to
                                             Prime Minister Mr. Sher Bahadur Deuba with Mr. Narendra Modi,
       further enhancing the close                                Prime Minister of India
       and cordial ties between
       the two countries. The two            and further strengthening         and Kurtha, inaugurated 90-
       Prime Ministers discussed             mutually beneficial bilateral     KM long 132 KVDC Solu
       promoting             connectivity    cooperation in the power          Corridor Transmission Line
       and infrastructure through            sector    including    through    Project built under Indian
       building of roads, railways,          joint     development        of   Line of Credit, witnessed the
       pipelines, transmission lines         power generation projects,        progress in the construction
       and air services.                     cross-border     transmission     of 132 health facilities in
                                             infrastructure, bi-directional    10 districts of Nepal and
       On the occasion, a Joint
                                             power trade, among others.        launched the operation of
       Vision        Statement         on
                                                                               RuPAY cards in Nepal.
       Power Sector Cooperation              The two Prime Ministers
       was      issued.    The      Vision   jointly   flagged     off   the   The two Prime Ministers
       Statement      recognizes       the   inaugural passenger railway       also witnessed the signing
       opportunities for expanding           service between Jayanagar         and exchange of the MOU

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for   Enhancing          Technical
Cooperation         in     Railway
Sector;      Agreement            for
Supply        of         Petroleum
Products between Nepal Oil
Corporation and Indian Oil
Corporation Ltd.; Agreement
for       Sharing        Technical
Expertise     between          Nepal
Oil Corporation and Indian
Oil Corporation Ltd.; and                          Meeting between the Prime Minister of Nepal and
                                                             the Prime Minister of India
Framework          Agreement       of
                                         laid wreath at the Samadhi of       called on the Prime Minister
International Solar Alliance
                                         Mahatma Gandhi.                     Mr.    Deuba.     Both    sides
(ISA).
                                         He also addressed a gathering       exchanged views on various
Prime Minister Mr. Deuba                                                     aspects     of    Nepal-India
                                         of business community in
was also called on separately                                                relations. The Prime Minister
                                         New Delhi organized by
by External Affairs Minister                                                 also performed rituals for
                                         Confederation of Indian
Mr. S. Jaishankar and National           Industry (CII) on 02 April. On      the construction of an old-
Security Advisor Shri Ajit               3 April 2022, Chief Minister        age home in the premises of
Doval.     During        the    visit,   of Uttar Pradesh Shri Yogi          Samrajeshwar Pashupatinath
Prime Minister Mr. Deuba                 Adityanath welcomed and             Nepali Mandir in Lalitaghat.
STATE COUNCILOR AND FOREIGN MINISTER OF CHINA VISITS NEPAL

At the invitation of Minister
for   Foreign        Affairs     Dr.
Narayan       Khadka,          State
Councilor and Minister of
Foreign Affairs of the People’s
Republic of China Mr. Wang
Yi paid an official visit to
Nepal on 25-27 March 2022.

During the visit, the State
Councilor Mr. Wang Yi paid a             President Mrs. Bidya Devi Bhandari with State Councilor and Minister
courtesy call on the President               of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China Mr. Wang Yi
Mrs. Bidya Devi Bhandari
                                         Nepal-China relations were          Chinese State Councilor
on 27 March 2022 during
                                         discussed.                          also paid courtesy call on
which various matters of
                                                                             the Prime Minister Mr. Sher
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                                                                                 trust and confidence and to
                                                                                 further consolidate Nepal-
                                                                                 China relations. Both sides
                                                                                 reaffirmed their support to
                                                                                 each other in safeguarding
                                                                                 of    sovereignty,      territorial
                                                                                 integrity,     and       national
                                                                                 independence.

                                                                                 Following the bilateral talks,
                                                                                 the two Foreign Ministers
       State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs of China Mr. Wang Yi
        handing over the model key to Foreign Minister Dr. Narayan Khadka        witnessed the signing and
       Bahadur Deuba on 26 March           underscored the importance            exchange of nine Agreements
       2022. On the occasion, Mr.          of the exchange of high-level         and       Memorandum             of
       Wang Yi handed over a model         visits on a regular basis in          Understanding between the
       key of Pokhara Regional             order to strengthen mutual            two countries.
       International Airport to
       the Foreign Minister Dr.
       Narayan Khadka amidst a
       special ceremony held to
       mark the completion of the
       construction of the Airport.
       The two Foreign Ministers
       held delegation-level talks on
       26 March 2022 during which
       they discussed and exchanged
       views on overall aspects
                                                Foreign Minister Dr. Narayan Khadka and State Councilor and
       of Nepal-China relations                   Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
                                                        Mr. Wang Yi during the delegation-level talks
       and cooperation. They also

       VIRTUAL MEETING BETWEEN THE SPEAKER OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF
       NEPAL AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL
       PEOPLE’S CONGRESS OF CHINA
       Speaker of the House of             of the People’s Republic of           Nepal-China relations and
       Representatives    Mr.    Agni      China Mr. Li Zhanshu on 8             underscored the need to
       Prasad Sapkota had a virtual        April 2022.
                                                                                 have frequent exchanges of
       meeting with Chairman of the        During the meeting, the               high-level     visits    between
       Standing Committee of the           two sides exchanged views             the    parliaments       of   two
       National People’s Congress          on     various      aspects     of    countries.     Senior     officials
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of the Federal Parliament
Secretariat and the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs from the
Nepali side and Chairpersons
of various committees of
National People’s Congress
and Vice Minister of Ministry
of Foreign Affairs from the
Chinese side were also present
during the virtual meeting.            Speaker of the House of Representatives Mr. Agni Prasad Sapkota and
                                       Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of
                                        the People’s Republic of China Mr. Li Zhanshu during the virtual meeting

NEPAL ESTABLISHED BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU
AND BELIZE
Ambassador Mr. Amrit                   Communiqué on 21 March                   Fuller, OBE signed a Joint
Bahadur Rai, Permanent                 2022 establishing diplomatic             Communiqué        establishing
Representative of Nepal                relations between Republic of            diplomatic relations between
to the United Nations and              Palau and Nepal.                         the two countries.
Ambassador      Ms.     Ilana          Similarly, on 1 April 2022               The number of countries
Victorya Seid, Permanent               Ambassador Mr. Rai and                   having diplomatic relations
Representative     of     the          the Ambassador/Permanent                 with Nepal has reached 176.
Republic of Palau to the               Representative of Belize to the
United Nations signed a Joint          United Nations Mr. Carlos C.

Permanent Representatives of Nepal and the Republic of Palau and Belize exchanging the Joint Communiqué respectively

JOINT STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF MOU
BETWEEN INDIA AND NEPAL FOR COOPERATION IN FERTILIZERS
The First and Second                   of Urea and DAP to Nepal                 2022    respectively.    The
meeting of the Joint Steering          from India was held virtually            Nepali delegation was led by
Committee on the supply                on 16 March and 11 May                   Dr. Kamal Raj Gaire, Joint
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       Secretary of Ministry of        Consignment-wise        Supply     The State Trading Entities–
       Agriculture and Livestock       and pricing of Urea and            Krishi Samagri Company
       Development, Government         DAP to Nepal on prevailing         Limited of Nepal and M/s
       of Nepal, and the Indian        Import Parity Price (IPP)          Rashtriya Chemicals and
       delegation was led by Ms.                                          Fertilizer Limited (RCF) of
                                       was       discussed.       Also,
       Aparna S. Sharma, Joint                                            India, have been mandated
                                       information was exchanged
       Secretary of Ministry of
                                       regarding the nomination           by the JSC to finalize the
       Chemicals and Fertilizers,
                                       of State Trading Entities.         financial contracts.
       Government of India.
       TENTH NEPAL-INDIA JOINT COMMITTEE MEETING ON KOSHI AND GANDAK
       PROJECTS
       The Tenth Nepal-India Joint     and Indian delegation was led      due to Koshi and Gandak
       Committee Meeting on            by Sanjay Kumar Agarwal,           Projects; erosion of flood
       Koshi and Gandak Projects       Secretary, Water Resources         embankments on upstream as
       (JCKGP) was held in Patna,      Department, Government of          well as downstream sides of
       India on 12-13 April 2022.      Bihar, India.                      Koshi Barrage; operation of
                                                                          gates in Western Main Canal;
       The Nepali delegation was       The meeting discussed various      maintenance of western
       led by Mr. Susheel Chandra      matters relating to operation      main canal service road
       Acharya, Director General       and maintenance of Koshi and       (Nepal side), inundation of
       of the Department of Water      Gandak Projects including          agricultural land, payment of
       Resources and Irrigation of     outstanding compensations          land tax, among others.
       the Government of Nepal         of land and crop damages

       INCOMING VISITS
       • US Deputy Assistant              Bahadur Deuba. During              and Latin America of
         Secretary     Ms.     Kelly      the meeting, both sides            Millennium      Challenge
         Keiderling visited Nepal         exchanged        views    on       Corporation Mr. Jonathan
         on 18-21 April 2022.             various aspects of Nepal-          Buooks visited Nepal on
         This visit took place in         United States relations and        25-30 April 2022 and met
         continuation of exchanges        cooperation.        Likewise,      with the Prime Minister
         of official visits between       the US delegation called           Mr. Sher Bahadur Deuba
         the two countries on the         on Minister for Foreign            and Minister for Foreign
         occasion of 75th year of         Affairs     Dr.      Narayan       Affairs   Dr.     Narayan
         diplomatic relations.            Khadka and exchanged               Khadka. Mr. Brooks
                                          views on the longstanding          expressed     satisfaction
       • US          Congressional
                                          US cooperation to Nepal’s          over    the    ratification
         Delegation led by Senator
                                          development endeavors              of the MCC compact
         Ms. Kirsten Gillibrand
                                          and strengthening of the           by the Nepal’s Federal
         visited Nepal on 22-
                                          bilateral relations.               Parliament. Both sides
         24 April 2022. Senator
         Gillibrand and the team       • A delegation led by                 discussed coming steps
         paid a courtesy call on         Deputy Vice President               in the implementation of
         Prime Minister Mr. Sher         for Europe, Asia, Pacific           MCC projects.

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B. REGIONAL AND MULTILATERAL AFFAIRS
PRESIDENT ADDRESSES THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE BOAO FORUM FOR
ASIA 2022
President Mrs. Bidya Devi
Bhandari addressed the
Annual Conference of the
Boao Forum for Asia 2022
through a video message on
21 April 2022. In her address,
the President laid emphasis
on the solidarity among
countries for the control and
prevention of the COVID-19
pandemic as well as for           President Mrs. Bidya Devi Bhandari addressing the Annual Conference
                                                     2022 of the Boao Forum for Asia
economic recovery.
                                  made an appeal to the world        held from 20 to 22 April 2022
Underlining the important
                                  community to come up with          in Boao, Hainan Province of
lesson drawn from the
                                  the generous packages for          China, under the theme of
pandemic, the President
                                  the economic recovery of           “The World in COVID-19 &
stressed the need to invest
                                  developing countries like          Beyond: Working Together
in innovative and quality
                                  Nepal.                             for Global Development and
health education as well as
                                                                     Shared Future”.
in the development of health      The Annual Conference of
infrastructures. She also         the Boao Forum for Asia was
FIFTH BIMSTEC SUMMIT 2022

Prime Minister Mr. Sher
Bahadur Deuba participated
virtually in the Fifth Bay of
Bengal Initiative for Multi-
Sectoral    Technical       and
Economic          Cooperation
(BIMSTEC) Summit held in
Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 30
March 2022.

Speaking        during      the
Summit,    he    stressed   the    The Prime Minister addressing the Fifth BIMSTEC Summit virtually

need to breathe new life into
                                  Member States. He stated           its part to address the long
BIMSTEC by pooling the
                                  that   BIMSTEC      must    do     term economic, social, and
strengths of resources of its

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                                          Instruments signing ceremony

       developmental consequences        Criminal Matters’ and the          The Summit was convened
       of the COVID-19 pandemic          ‘Memorandum of Association         under the theme ‘BIMSTEC
       and ensure that the region        on      the    Establishment       – Towards a Resilient Region,
       builds back better.               of     Technology    Transfer      Prosperous        Economies,
                                         Facility in Colombo’ on            Healthy      Peoples’.   The
       He further stated that our race
                                         behalf of the Government           Chairmanship of BIMSTEC,
       to resilience must start with a
                                         of Nepal. Similarly, Joint         which was held by Sri Lanka
       green, flexible, and inclusive
                                         Secretary and Head of              for the last three and a half
       recovery plan. The Prime
                                         Regional        Organization       years, has now been handed
       Minister dubbed Buddhism
                                         Division at the Ministry           over to Thailand.
       as a strong connecting thread
       in the region and called for an
       early operationalization of the
       Buddhist circuit connecting
       Lumbini, the birthplace of
       Gautam Buddha.
       The Summit adopted the
       BIMSTEC Charter following
       a virtual signing ceremony.
       Prime Minister Mr. Deuba
       signed the Charter on behalf
       of Nepal. The Summit               Foreign Minister Addressing the 18th BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting
       also endorsed three new
                                                                            Prior to the Summit, the
       instruments. Minister for         Mr. Ghanshyam Bhandari
                                                                            18th BIMSTEC Ministerial
       Foreign Affairs Dr. Narayan       signed the ‘Memorandum
                                                                            Meeting was held on 29 March
       Khadka, who participated          of Understanding on the
                                                                            2022 in Colombo. Speaking
       in the Summit in-person           Mutual Cooperation between
                                                                            during the Meeting, Minister
       in Colombo, signed the            Diplomatic       Academies/
                                                                            for Foreign Affairs Dr.
       ‘BIMSTEC Convention on            Training   Institutions  of
                                                                            Narayan Khadka stressed the
       Mutual Legal Assistance in        BIMSTEC Member States’.
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need of renewed commitment
and concerted actions from
all Member States to revitalize
the BIMSTEC process.
While in Colombo, on the
sidelines of the BIMSTEC
meetings, Foreign Minister
Khadka paid courtesy calls
on President of Sri Lanka
Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa
and Prime Minister Mr.
                                  Foreign Minister with the President of Sri Lanka Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Mahinda Rajapaksa. He also
had bilateral meetings with       Momen, Foreign Minister of           preparations for the 18th
Prof. G.L. Peiris, Minister of    Bangladesh.                          Ministerial Meeting and the
Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka,                                          Fifth Summit. Joint Secretary
                                  The 22nd BIMSTEC Senior
Dr. S. Jaishankar, External                                            of Regional Organization
                                  Officials Meeting held on 28
Affairs Minister of India,                                             Division at the Ministry
                                  March in Colombo reviewed            of Foreign Affairs Mr.
Mr.     Don     Pramudwinai,
Deputy Prime Minister and         the overall progress made            Ghanshyam Bhandari led
Minister of Foreign Affairs of    in implementing BIMSTEC              the Nepali delegation to the
Thailand, and Dr. A. K. Abdul     decisions and finalized the          Meeting.

MINISTERIAL MEETING OF THE CHAMPION COUNTRIES ON THE GLOBAL
COMPACT ON SAFE, ORDERLY MIGRATION
Dr.      Narayan     Khadka,
Minister for Foreign Affairs
virtually    addressed   the
Ministerial Meeting of the
Champion Countries of the
Global Compact on Safe,
Orderly Migration (GCM)
held on 25 March 2022
in Rabat, Morocco. In the
pre-recorded address, the
Minister underlined Nepal’s
commitment       to    GCM        Minister of Foreign Affairs addressing the Ministerial Meeting of the
                                                    Champion Countries of the GCM
and highlighted that the
partnership and cooperation       are indispensable. Foreign           international community for
with destination countries,       Minister      Dr.  Khadka            the realization of the vision
regional and consultative         also    reiterated  Nepal’s          of safe, orderly, and regular
groups, and other entities        commitment to work with the          migration.

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        NEPAL PARTICIPATES IN THE UN HIGH LEVEL MEETING OF THE GENERAL
        ASSEMBLY ON NEW URBAN AGENDA
        Minister       for      Urban
        Development        Ms.    Ram
        Kumari Jhakri attended the
        UN high-level Meeting of
        the General Assembly to
        Assess the Implementation
        of the New Urban Agenda,
        held in New York on 28 April
        2022. In her address, the
        Minister expressed Nepal’s
        commitment to working
                                           Minister for Urban Development speaking at the UN high-level Meeting of the
        with      the     international      General Assembly to Assess the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda
        community for the effective
        implementation of the New          Sustainable     Development            President of the UN General
        Urban Agenda by building           Goals as well as climate               Assembly      and    featured
        resilient and sustainable cities   goals. The one-day high-level          several Ministers and other
        as an enabler for achieving        meeting was organized by the           high-level speakers.
        THIRD BIMSTEC ENERGY MINISTERIAL MEETING
        The Third BIMSTEC Energy
        Ministerial Meeting was
        held virtually in and from
        Kathmandu on 20 April 2022.
        Minister for Energy, Water
        Resources and Irrigation Ms.
        Pampha Bhusal chaired the
        Meeting.
        The Meeting approved the
        establishment of the BIMSTEC
        Grid          Interconnection
        Coordination       Committee
        (BGICC)      to     implement
        the provisions of the MoU
        for      the    Establishment
        of the BIMSTEC Grid                Ministers and Leaders of Delegations in the Energy Ministerial Meeting
        Interconnection and its
                                           their preparatory activities in        potentials of energy trade in
        Terms of Reference (ToR).
                                           organizational and procedural          the region.
        It also urged the Member
        States to further intensify        matters     in   realizing     the

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The Meeting was preceded            Officials’ Meeting held on 19       Karki, Secretary (Energy),
by the Fifth BIMSTEC Senior         April 2022. Mr. Debendra            chaired the Meeting.
DIRECTOR GENERAL OF WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION VISITS NEPAL
Dr.     Tedros      Adhanom
Ghebreyseus,         Director
General of the World Health
Organization (WHO) visited
Nepal from 21 to 23 April
2022. He was accompanied by
Dr. Poonam Khetrapal Singh,
Regional Director of WHO
South East Asia Region, and
other officials of WHO.
During the visit, Dr. Tedros
called on the President               Director General of the WHO during the call on with the President

Mrs. Bidya Devi Bhandari,
                                    Health and Population Mr.           inclusion of a nation-wide
the Prime Minister Mr.
Sher Bahadur Deuba, the             Birodh Khatiwada. Dr. Tedros        new vaccine campaign against
Chairperson of National             lauded Nepal’s achievement          Typhoid into the routine
Assembly Mr. Ganesh Prashad         in reducing maternal and            immunisation        programme,
Timilsina, the Minister for         child mortality and for being       the first of its kind in the
Foreign Affairs Dr. Narayan         a pioneer in several health         South East Asia Region of
Khadka, and the Minister for        initiatives    including     the    WHO.

C. POLICY PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY
INTERACTION PROGRAMMES ON EXPORT AND INVESTMENT PROMOTION

The      Ministry     held    an    Trade and Export Promotion          encouraged        the      private
interaction          programme      Centre,       Federation      of    sectors and Nepali missions
focusing on export trade            Export            Entrepreneur      to work in coordination for
promotion         among       the   Nepal,        Federation      of    enhancing Nepal’s trade.
government agencies, Nepali         Nepalese       Chamber        of
                                                                        Likewise, on 3-4 May 2022,
missions abroad and the             Commerce and Industries,
                                                                        the Ministry organized an
private sectors in a hybrid         Confederation of Nepalese
                                                                        interaction           programme
model on 19 April 2022.             Industries, and associations
                                                                        on investment promotion.
Ambassadors/Heads of the            producing exportable Nepali
                                                                        Representatives              from
Nepali     Missions       aboard,   products      participated    in
                                                                        the Ministry of Industry,
representatives      from     the   the   programme.      Speaking
                                                                        Commerce        and      Supplies,
Ministry      of       Industry,    on the occasion, Foreign
                                                                        Ministry of Energy, Water
Commerce       and     Supplies,    Minister Dr. Narayan Khadka
                                                                        Resources     and       Irrigation,
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                                         Interaction Programme on Investment Promotion

        Investment       Board       Nepal,    Producers’          Association     Secretary Mr. Bharat Raj
        Department of Industries,              Nepal and Nepali missions           Paudyal stated that Nepali
        Federation          of     Nepalese    abroad participated in the          Missions     can     play       an
        Chamber of Commerce and                                                    important role in developing
                                               programme.
        Industries,         Confederation                                          database of potential investors
        of    Nepalese            Industries   Speaking at the interaction         and    connect     them     with
        and    Independent            Power    programme,             Foreign      relevant authorities in Nepal.

        INTERACTION PROGRAMME ON REMITTANCE

        On    10      April      2022,   the
        Ministry         of         Foreign
        Affairs organized a virtual
        interaction              programme
        between the Ministry of
        Finance and Nepali missions
        abroad. Finance Minister Mr.
        Janardan Sharma and other
        officials from Ministry of
                                               Finance Minister Speaking at the Interaction Programme on Remittance
        Foreign Affairs, Ministry of
        Finance, Nepal Rastra Bank             the current status of Nepali        the role of Nepali missions
        and Ambassadors/Heads of               economy.       Speaking      on     in    encouraging         Nepali
        the Nepali missions abroad             various incentives provided         Diasporas to send money
        participated the programme.            by the Government of Nepal          through     formal    channel.
                                               on     remittance      received     He also stressed the need to
        During        the        interaction
                                               through      formal    channel,     attract foreign investment in
        programme, Finance Minister
                                               the Minister emphasized on          order to fulfil resource gap.
        Mr.    Sharma            highlighted

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INTERACTION PROGRAMME ON NEPAL’S FOREIGN POLICY

The Ministry of Foreign              highlighted major challenges           the program, Mr. Deepak
Affairs       organized       an     and opportunities of Nepal’s           Dhital, former Ambassador/
interactive     program       on     foreign policy and diplomacy.          Permanent Representative of
‘Nepal’s Foreign Policy and          On the occasion, Foreign               Nepal to the United Nations in
Diplomacy on 30 April 2022.          Secretary Mr. Bharat Raj               Geneva made a presentation
                                     Paudyal shed light on recent           on Economic Diplomacy.
During        the     program,
                                     activities and achievements
Minister for Foreign Affairs
                                     of    the   Ministry.     During
Dr.       Narayan      Khadka

                    Interaction Programme on Nepal’s Foreign Policy and Economic Diplomacy

D. PROTOCOL RELATED AFFAIRS
President Mrs. Bidya Devi            non-residential ambassadors            Dominican Republic amid a
Bhandari      received   the         of    Austria,     Hungary,            function held at Sital Niwas
credentials from the foreign         Argentina,    Canada   and             on 11 April 2022.

                          Mrs. Katharina Wieser, Ambassador of Austria to Nepal
                                presenting her credentials to the President

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        The President with Mr. Andras Laszlo Kiraly, Ambassador of Hungary
                   (on the right), during the Credential Ceremony

                                           The President with Mr. Hugo Javier Gobbi, Ambassador of Argentina to
                                                           Nepal during the Credential Ceremony

           Mr. Cameron Dean Mackay, Ambassador of Canada to Nepal
                   presenting his credentials to the President

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                    The President with Mr. David Emmanuel Puig Buchel, Ambassador of
                     Dominican Republic (on the right) during the credential ceremony

E. SERVICE DELIVERY RELATED INFORMATION
                                      NON-RESIDENT NEPALI
S. N.                          Services (from the Ministry)                             Number
 1      Issuance of NRN Cards                                                              24

                                           PASSPORT
S. N.                      Services                     Number                   Remarks
                                                                      From Districts, Missions
 1      Passports issued                                1,74,159
                                                                      and the Department
                                                         4,380        Ordinary
                                                           92         Diplomatic
        Total number of MRP passports issued              116         Official
 2
        (According to document type)                       23         Gratis Ordinary
                                                           14         Travel Document (TD)
                                                         4,625        Total
 3      E-passport issued                               1,69,534
        Emails responded including through
 4                                                        1980
        social media
        Verification of Citizenship records and
 5                                                        790
        letters of in-approval
        Revenue collected (From the Department
 6                                                   77,91,29,500/-
        of Passport only in NRs.)

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                                                         CONSULAR
              S. N.                              Services                                   Number
               A      Consular Activities and Legal Counselling
                      Recommendations for medical treatment, religious tour and
               1                                                                                8
                      others
               2      Issuances of No Objection Certificate for education                      152
               3      Recommendations for issuing Nepali driving license                        2
               4      Recommendations for character verification                               94
                      Recommendations for procurement of chemicals &
               5                                                                               15
                      explosives
               6      Correspondences regarding the citizenship renouncement                   10
               7      Correspondences regarding Power of Attorney                              35
                      Correspondences concerning search and rescue of Nepali
               8                                                                               61
                      nationals
                      Correspondences with regards to repatriation of dead body
               9                                                                               42
                      of Nepali nationals from abroad
               B      Visa and Exemption
               1      Issuances of diplomatic/official/gratis visa                             135
               2      Issuances of diplomatic/official ID Card                                 86
               3      Issuances of recommendation letters for exemption                        779
               4      Other correspondences and recommendations                                369
                      Number of visa recommendations to the foreign missions
               5                                                                               176
                      on Government of Nepal's nominations
               C      Attestation
               1      Number of documents attested                                           61,720
                      Revenue collected from the Department of Consular
               2                                                                          3,14,61,000/-
                      Services (NRs.)

         Chief Patron: Hon’ble Dr. Narayan Khadka                    Editorial Team
         		            Minister for Foreign Affairs                  Mr. Bharat Kumar Regmi, Joint Secretary
         Patron:         Mr. Bharat Raj Paudyal                      Ms. Rita Dhital, Under Secretary
            		           Foreign Secretary                           Ms. Bishnu Kumari Adhikari, Section Officer

                                          Ministry of Foreign Affairs
                    Policy, Planning, Development Diplomacy and Nepali Diaspora Division
16   Singha Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal, Tel: 4200182-185, Fax: 4200061, 4200160, E-mail: ppdo@mofa.gov.np
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