The Government of Nepal announced an assistance of US$ 200,000 to aid relief and recovery efforts in Sri Lanka on November 30, 2025. Reaffirming its close bilateral ties, Nepal stated its confidence in the resilience and strength of the Sri Lankan people as they work toward recovery and rebuilding.
This is not the first time Nepal has supported its friends in a critical time. Such support is known as Global Humanitarian Diplomacy, a gesture of solidarity in times of crisis.
Over the past six years, Nepal has extended humanitarian assistance to Myanmar, Pakistan, Turkey, Afghanistan, and China. The Government of Nepal, through special flights of Nepal Airlines, also airlifted aid materials to Pakistan and Afghanistan.
On March 28 this year, the East-Asian nation of Myanmar was struck by a devastating 7.7-magnitude earthquake, which claimed at least 3,000 lives, leaving more than 4,500 injured. In a gesture of solidarity and compassion, the Nepal government sent 27 tons of relief materials to the earthquake-struck nation.
In February 2023, Nepal sent essential relief materials to Turkey following a 7.8M earthquake that took the lives of several thousand people. Nepal sent more than 22 tons of relief materials, including medicines, medical supplies, warm clothes, and other essential materials.
Moreover, Nepal had also sent relief materials to flood-affected Pakistan. On September 13, 2022, Nepal government, as a gesture of solidarity, dispatched over 22 tonnes of humanitarian assistance to Pakistan. Nepal provided relief materials including food supplies, medicines, clothes, and other essential items.
Likewise, in January of 2022, Nepal sent over 14 tonnes of humanitarian relief assistance to Kabul. After the US-led forces withdrew from Afghanistan in late 2021 and the Taliban returned to power in Kabul for a second time, the country has been grappling with a severe humanitarian crisis.
Further back in the past, during the COVID-19 outbreak, Nepal provided 100,000 protective masks to immediate neighbour China. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal announced the donation on February 8, 2020.
Furthermore, not only the government of Nepal but also the Nepali Army has supported a few countries during the crisis of other friendly countries through defence diplomacy.
In recent years, Nepal has expanded its long-standing image, adding a new dimension to her existing global identity by making relevant contributions during humanitarian crises that have helped solidify her diplomatic ties. This development has helped establish a message that Nepal is not only a recipient of aid during emergencies, such as the 2015 earthquake and the COVID-19 pandemic, but also a country that steps up to help others in times of need.
