Statement by Hon’ble Mr. Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nepal, at the Seventeenth BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting (Virtual mode, Colombo, 1 April 2021) Hon’ble Dinesh Gunawardena, Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka and the Chair of the BIMSTEC Hon’ble Ministers for Foreign Affairs of BIMSTEC Member States, Heads of Delegation, His Excellency the Secretary General of BIMSTEC, Ladies and [ Read More … ]

Statement by Rt. Hon. President Mrs. Bidya Devi Bhandari as Guest of Honour on the theme of “Nepal-Bangladesh Relations and Bangabandhu’s Birth Centenary” at a programme organized in Dhaka on the occasion of the Birth Centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman  (Dhaka, Bangladesh, 22 March 2021) ___________________________     Chief Guest of this Ceremony His Excellency President Mohammad Abdul Hamid, [ Read More … ]

Statement by Rt. Hon. President Mrs. Bidya Devi Bhandari as Guest of Honour on the theme of “Nepal-Bangladesh Relations and Bangabandhu’s Birth Centenary” at a programme organized in Dhaka on the occasion of the Birth Centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (Dhaka, Bangladesh, 22 March 2021) ___________________________ Chief Guest of this Ceremony His Excellency President Mohammad Abdul Hamid, Chairperson of [ Read More … ]

Remarks by Hon. Mr. Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, Minister for Foreign Affairs, at a seminar organized by the Embassy of Israel in Kathmandu to mark the 60th Anniversary of Nepal-Israel relations Kathmandu, 18 March 2021   His Excellency Hanan Goder, Ambassador of Israel Dr Shambhu Pokhrel, Chairperson, Center for Diplomatic Dialogue Amb Dr Jaya Raj Acharya Amb Arjun Thapa Ladies and [ Read More … ]

Address by Minister for Foreign Affairs Hon. Mr. Pradeep Kumar Gyawali at the 73rd anniversary of Nepal Council of World Affairs (NCWA) Kathmandu, 1 March 2021 President of the Nepal Council of World Affairs, Executive Board Members of the Council, Excellencies, Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen.  I am delighted to be back to this forum once again. I thank you [ Read More … ]

Statement by Honourable Mr. Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Head of the Nepali delegation at the High-Level Segment of the 46th Session of Human Rights Council Geneva, 23 February 2021 Madam President, Madam High Commissioner, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates. It is a great pleasure to represent Nepal in the 46th Session of the Human Rights Council. At the outset, I [ Read More … ]

Opening Statement by Hon. Mr. Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Leader of Nepali Delegation to the 37th Session of the Human Rights Council Working Group on Universal Periodic Review Geneva, Thursday, 21 January 2021 (13:45 hrs to 17:15 hrs.) Madam President, Madam High Commissioner for Human Rights, Distinguished Members of the Working Group, Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the [ Read More … ]

Statement by Hon. Mr. Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Government of Nepal at the 17th Ministerial Meeting of Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) (Virtual, Ankara, 21 January 2021)  Mr. Chairman, Hon. Ministers, His Excellency the Secretary General of ACD, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Good Morning and Namaste! Let me begin by expressing my sincere appreciations to the Government [ Read More … ]

New Delhi, 15 January 2021 Ambassador Dr. T C A Raghavan, Director General of ICWA Distinguished diplomats, scholars, and professors present here, and those who have joined us virtually, Friends from the media, Ladies and Gentlemen. It is indeed a great pleasure for me to speak before this distinguished audience. I sincerely thank the Indian Council of World Affairs for [ Read More … ]

21 December 2020 Respected sisters and brothers, None of us had any speculation that a situation of going to the people seeking their mandate a year and a half before the scheduled time would ever arise. The people’s verdict received through the elections of November/December 2017 was in favor of political stability. However, I was left without option but to [ Read More … ]