Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Namaste and good morning! I am pleased to welcome all of you to this Ministerial Meeting. I would like to express my deep appreciation to Your Excellencies, the Honorable Foreign/External Affairs Ministers of the BIMSTEC Member States, for accepting our invitation to attend this Meeting. I wish you all a very pleasant stay in Kathmandu. This meeting [ Read More … ]
Press Briefing Note 19th Session of BIMSTEC Senior Officials’ Meeting 28 August 2018, Kathmandu Dear Friends from the media, Good evening to you all. Thank you very much for joining this briefing. At the beginning, I would like to thank all the media friends for the cooperation and wider publicity of this important event during its preparatory process. I expect [ Read More … ]
Press Release Attention of the Ministry has been drawn to a news report appeared in the Himalayan Times daily today regarding the retreat venue for the 4th BIMSTEC Summit. The news report attributing to a Member State for the change in the venue of the retreat is regrettable and totally baseless. It is up to the host Government to decide [ Read More … ]
Remarks by Hon. Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nepal as a Chief Guest at a Talk Programme on BIMSTEC: Connecting South and Southeast Asia organized by Centre for South Asian Studies (CSAS) Kathmandu, 24 August 2018 Director of the Centre for South Asian Studies, Dear Dr. Nischal Nath Pandey Ji, Distinguished Speakers, Distinguished Guests, and Ladies [ Read More … ]
Press Release The Fourth Summit meeting of the Heads of State/Government of Member States of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) will be held in Kathmandu, Nepal on 30 and 31 August 2018. Nepal has assumed the Chairmanship of BIMSTEC after its Third Summit meeting held in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar in March 2014. [ Read More … ]
Press Release The Hon’ble Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, Minister for Foreign Affairs, today sent a message of congratulations to His Excellency Mr. Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Hussain Qureshi on his assumption of office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. While recalling the existing warm and cordial relations between Nepal and Pakistan ever since the establishment of [ Read More … ]
Press Release The Rt. Hon’bleBidya Devi Bhandari, President of Nepal sent a message of condolences today to His Excellency Shri Ram Nath Kovind, President of India on the loss of lives and destruction of property due to recent flooding in Kerala State of India. In her message, she has expressed deep sorrow over the loss of lives and extended heartfelt [ Read More … ]
Press Release Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. K. P. Sharma Oli, has sent a message of congratulations to H. E. Mr. Imran Ahmad Khan Niazi on his assumption of the high office of the Prime Minister of Islamic Republic of Pakistan. In the message, the Rt. Hon. Prime Minister has recalled friendly relations between Nepal and Pakistan and has wished [ Read More … ]
Press Release On behalf of the Government and people of Nepal, Prime Minister Rt. Hon. K.P. Sharma Oli has sent message of condolence to the Prime Minister of India, H.E. Shri Narendra Modi on the sad passing away of Atal Behari Vajpayee, former Prime Minister of India. In the message, Prime Minister Oli has stated that late Vajpayee was a [ Read More … ]
Remarks by The Hon’ble Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, Minister for Foreign Affairs, at a Get together Reception organized by Nepal Bharat Friendship Society to celebrate the 72nd Independence Day of India Kathmandu, 16 August 2018 President of Nepal Bharat Friendship Society, Mr. Prem Lashkery, Former Vice President Mr. Paramananda Jha, Former Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, Ambassador of India, H. E. [ Read More … ]