Government to recall ambassadors to 11 countries

KATHMANDU: The government has decided to recall Nepal’s resident ambassadors to 11 countries.

A meeting of the Council of Ministers on Thursday decided to recall the ambassadors to China, Germany, Israel, Malaysia, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States and Japan.

Minister for Communications and Information Technology Jagadish Kharel said that Prof Dr Krishna Prasad Oli, Nepal’s Ambassador to China; Dr Shail Rupakheti to Germany; Professor Dhan Prasad Pandit to Israel; Dr Netra Prasad Timilsina to Malaysia; Ramesh Chandra Poudel to Qatar; Jung Bahadur Chauhan to Russia; Naresh Bikram Dhakal to Saudi Arabia; Sanil Nepal to Spain; Chandra Kumar Ghimire to the United Kingdom; Lokdarshan Regmi to the United States; and Dr Durga Bahadur Subedi to Japan are being recalled.

The cabinet has also decided to accept a grant of $10 million from the World Bank’s Multidonor Trust Fund for the Public Finance Management Project.

Likewise, the government has agreed to establish two joint companies in Nepal and India, with joint investment by the Nepal Electricity Authority and India’s Power Grid Corporation Limited, to construct the Inaruwa–Poorniya and Dodhara–Bareilly 400 kV inland transmission lines. Spokesperson Kharel said the authority’s capital investments of Rs 1 billion and Rs 2 billion respectively have been approved for these companies.

The Council of Ministers has approved the Mutual Legal Aid Treaty between Nepal and India. It has also approved Nepal’s proposal to negotiate mutual legal aid treaties on criminal matters with other countries as required, and to send proposals through diplomatic channels.

A decision was taken to approve the master plan for the Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground Project in Kirtipur and to designate it a national priority project. It was also decided to invite bids for the remaining work and to approve the procurement process.

The government has decided to promote the Registrar of the Nepal Judicial Service Group, Jitendra Babu Thapaliya, from Gazetted First Class to the Gazetted Special Category and to post him as Secretary of the Council.

A decision was also taken to promote the Acting Deputy Attorney General, Uddhav Prasad Pudasaini, to the Special Class and to post him as Secretary of the Commission of Investigation of Enforced Disappeared Persons.

By RSS