These are highlights of govt’s achievements related to foreign affairs in the past year

Kathmandu, December 6

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs made public a report highlighting its achievements of the past year, on Sunday.

Foreign Affairs Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali made the report public amid a press meet in Kathmandu this afternoon.

In the report, the government has claimed it improved ties with both neighbours, India and China.

Point-wise, these are highlights of the achievements claimed by the ministry:

The new political map

• An integrated document on the country’s foreign policy
• Works related to Nepal-India border demarcation advanced
• A cross-border petroleum pipeline and integrated customs check-posts
• Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Nepal visit and significant achievements with ChinaMore intense engagements with development partners and other organisations
• Bilateral consulting mechanisms formed with France, Norway, and the Philippines; meetings of such mechanisms with eight other countries
• Diplomatic ties established with Saint Lucia and Ghana, making the number of countries with which Nepal has the ties 168
• Various programmes organised in Australia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Siberia on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties
• Active participation in the United Nations, the Non-aligned Movement, G77, and the World Trade Organisation
• Active participation in the SAARC, BIMSTEC, SCAO, and ACD
• Participation in UN peacekeeping missions continued
• Active role in global human rights promotion as a member of the UN Human Rights Council
• Effective consular services to migrant workers in various countries in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis
• Facilitation of migrant workers’ return
• Leadership and active engagement in the Colombo Process for the protection of concerns of Asian countries are sources to migrant workers
• A significant role in the protection of migrant workers as a deputy member of the ILO
• Appointment as a border member of WTO’s Enhanced Integrated Framework
• Appointment as the Second Committee chair of the UNGA
• Appointment as a member of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs
• Preparation of the groundwork to host Sagarmatha Sambaad
• Empowerment of Brain Grain Centre      Source-Onlinekhabar