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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) […]

Olympic Diplomacy & Ukraine Crisis: The US Cornered?

3 years ago Monday, February 7, 2022telegraphnepal

N. P. Upadhyaya Kathmandu: It would be appropriate and timely to begin this article from what the Statesman of international repute and the British Prime Minister Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill had once talked of Russia. He had said, “Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside and enigma”. The use of the word […]

Protocol Issues, Presentation of Credentials and Vienna Conventions

3 years ago Friday, February 4, 2022telegraphnepal

Mohan Krishna Shrestha Ambassador of Nepal to France (2010-2014) & Former Chief of Protocol, MOFA, Nepal States, with well-defined boundaries, were born only after the Treaty of Westphalia of 1648 A.D. Thereafter, states began exercises to exchange Ambassadors. Yet, rules for protocol could not take any shape for long. In the lack of protocol, previously […]

Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal need China for their development

3 years ago Wednesday, February 2, 2022telegraphnepal

-Pathik Hasan, Bangladesh It is true that South Asia needs China in its development process because ‘China’ is synonymous with the term “Development”. China’s ambitious project ‘Belt and Road Initiative” provides benefits for almost all South Asian Countries and currently Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan are benefitting from the project directly. On the other […]

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