Kathmandu: The Sushila Karki government has decided to recall Nepali ambassadors from 11 different countries.
The cabinet meeting on October 16 decided to recall Nepali resident 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 Jagdish Kharel shared that Prof Dr Krishna Prasad Oli (Nepali Ambassador to China), Dr Shail Rupakheti (Nepali Ambassador to Germany), Professor Dhan Prasad Pandit (Nepali Ambassador to Israel), Dr Netra Prasad Timilsina (Nepali Ambassador to Malaysia), Ramesh Chandra Poudel (Nepali Ambassador to Qatar), Jung Bahadur Chauhan (Nepali Ambassador to Russia), Naresh Bikram Dhakal (Nepali Ambassador to Saudi Arabia), Shanil Nepal (Nepali Ambassador to Spain), Chandra Kumar Ghimire (Nepali Ambassador to the United Kingdom), Lokdarshan Regmi (Nepali Ambassador to the United States), and Dr Durga Bahadur Subedi (Nepali Ambassador to Japan) are being recalled.
Moreover, the cabinet also decided to accept a grant of USD 10 million from the World Bank’s ‘Multidonor Trust Fund’ for the Public Finance Management Project.
The government has decided to establish two joint companies in Nepal and India with the joint investment of 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 that it has been decided to approve the Nepal Electricity Authority’s capital investment of Rs 1 billion and Rs 2 billion, respectively, in these companies.
The meeting has decided to approve the agreement on the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty between Nepal and India. The Council of Ministers decided to approve Nepal’s proposal for negotiations to conclude a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty on criminal matters with other countries, as needed and to send proposals to various countries through diplomatic channels as needed.
A decision was taken to approve the master plan of the Tribhuvan University Cricket Ground Project in Kirtipur and determine it as a national priority project. It has also been decided to invite bids for the remaining work as per the plan and approve the procurement process.
