Kathmandu, Nov 18: The ambassadors recalled by the government to work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are currently passing their day with attendance only.
On November 3, the current government had recalled and deputed Nepali ambassadors to 11 countries to be stationed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs effective November 6.
Accordingly, arrangements have been made for the ambassadors who came to Nepal to work at the ministry, shared MoFA Spokesperson Lok Bahadur Poudel Chhetri. Four of the 11 recalled ambassadors have resigned from their posts and their resignations have also been accepted, he said.
However, the remaining seven ambassadors have said that they are returning home after marking their attendance at the Ministry. On condition of anonymity, one ambassador said that they were awaiting the decision of the Supreme Court.
The Council of Ministers had decided to recall 11 ambassadors who were politically appointed. A writ was filed in the Supreme Court, saying that the government’s decision was not legal. After the initial hearing of the case, the Supreme Court had issued an interim order not to implement the decision. Following the Supreme Court order, the government recalled the Ambassadors to be deputed at the Ministry.
The ambassadors summoned by the government are Chandra Kumar Ghimire (United Kingdom), Lokdarshan Regmi (United States) and Durga Bahadur Subedi (Japan), Krishna Prasad Oli (China), Shail Rupakheti (Germany), Dhan Prasad Pandit (Israel), Netra Prasad Timilsina (Malaysia), Ramesh Chandra Poudel (Qatar), Jung Bahadur Chauhan (Russia), Naresh Bikram Dhakal (Saudi Arabia), and Sanil Nepal (Spain). Among them, Ghimire, Regmi, Oli and Poudel have resigned.
