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Evolution of Nepal’s Foreign Relations – post 1950 A Narrative with Some Personal Recollections-Part 3

3 years ago Friday, February 18, 2022telegraphnepal

– Kedar Bhakta Shrestha Nepal’s Former Ambassador to Belgium and the USA Ambassador in Washington 2004-2006: Returning to Washington in the summer of 2004, I founded myself in a familiar turf – having served there as the Deputy Chief of mission from 1980 to 1984. There were still some old hands there – some retired […]

Amid heightened Ukrainian crisis PM Khan to visit Moscow February third week

3 years ago Thursday, February 17, 2022telegraphnepal

# PM Khan’s visit to Russia, though not announced yet, will be the first by a Pakistani premier in over two decades. # Khan is expected to visit Moscow from February 23 to 26, say diplomatic sources. # Khan is expected to take up the agenda of two mega gas projects when in Moscow. ( […]

Evolution of Nepal’s Foreign Relations – post 1950 A Narrative with Some Personal Recollections-Part 2

3 years ago Tuesday, February 15, 2022telegraphnepal

– Kedar Bhakta Shrestha Nepal’s Former Ambassador to Belgium and the USA The 1970s and my UN years (1972-77): The 1970s continued to be a period of Nepal’s increasing diplomatic activities with a host of incoming and outgoing visits at the highest levels from India, Singapore, Yugoslavia, etc. and to China, Kuwait, Cuba (NAM Summit), […]

Evolution of Nepal’s Foreign Relations – post 1950, A Narrative with Some Personal Recollections-Part 1

3 years ago Sunday, February 13, 2022telegraphnepal

– Kedar Bhakta Shrestha Nepal’s Former Ambassador to Belgium and the USA Begin text: I will deal with the subject beginning from the advent of democracy in the country after the fall of the Rana rule. After a brief tour d’horizon from the early 1950s onwards up to about 1965, I propose to deal with […]

South Asia meets Europe: From Islamabad to Istanbul via Tehran!

3 years ago Wednesday, February 9, 2022telegraphnepal

N. P. Upadhyaya, Kathmandu: “The optimist people see opportunity in every danger and conversely the pessimist sees danger in every opportunity”. The quote is even fitting for our readers which is as follows, “The greatest mistake we humans make in our relationships, we listen half, understand quarter, think zero, and react double”. The two-time-tested old adage(s) […]

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