A policy dialogue concludes on Nepal’s Foreign Policy, 2077 BS

February 24, 2023

Place: Meeting Hall, Policy Research Institute

Date: 24 February 2023

The police dialogue was organized at the request of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the aim of collecting expert opinions and suggestions on improving “Nepal’s Foreign Policy, 2077” in light of the changes and developments that have occurred in the world after the policy was introduced.

Foreign Minister Bimala Paudyal Rai; Dr Araniko Pande, Member, Rastriya Swatantra Party; Dr Anjan Shakya, former Ambassador; Mr Manish Kumr Yadav, Janata Samajawadi Party, Nepal; Leela Mani Poudyal, former Chief Secretary and Ambassador; Dr Mahesh Kumar Maske, former Ambassador; Mr Kedar Bhakta Shrestha, former Foreign Secretary; Dr Arjun Karki, former Ambassador; Mr Durga Bhattarai, former Foreign Secretary; Professor Dr Khadka KC, Department of International Relations and Diplomacy, TU; Mr Pradyumna Bikram Shah, former Ambassador; Dr Ram Bhakta Thakur, former Ambassador; Dr Madan Kumar Bhattarai, former Foreign Secretary; Mr Rajendra Pande, Institute of Foreign Affairs; Professor Dr Meena Vaidya Malla; Dr Lila Nyaichyai, Adviser, Centre for Foreign Policy and Strategic Affairs, PRI; Mr Gopal Khanal, journalist; and Jagadishwar Pande, journalist commented on various aspects of the policy and shared their concerns and opinions.

For more details on the event and actual suggestions offered by the speakers, please consult the Nepali note.

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