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General

On the foreign affairs front, by Som Prasad Pudasaini(kp 05/05/2008)

MoFA awaits new govt’s nod to issue trendy passports (ht 28/04/2008)

‘Nepal was closer to India in the 1960s’, interview with Harry Barnes (kp 07/04/2008)

Nepal’s Foreign Policy, by Sahana Pradhan (tg 05/03/2008)

226 Nepalis deported in one year, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 01/03/2008)

Over 300 passports lost every week, by Bishnu Budhathoki (kp 12/01/2008)

Visa centers (kp 21/12/2007)

Labor pact with S Korea today (kp 11/12/2007)

Opening of labor attaché offices stalled (kp 06/12/2007)

World not yet ready for Maoist envoys (wi 17/11/2007)

Three ambassadors appointed (nn 18/10/2007), 4 envoys appointed (kp 18/10/2007), Nominations of three more ambassadors approved (nn 24/10/2007), Four ambassadors appointed (nn 29/10/2007), New envoys receive instruction from PM (nn 06/11/2007), Shah appointed ambassador to Thailand (nn 15/11/2007)

Govt speeds up labor attaché deployments (kp 30/09/2007)

Diplomatic ties with Saint Vincent and the Grenadines established (nn 28/09/2007)

Minister Pradhan holds series of meeting in New York (nn 27/09/2007)

Flag carriers: Honorary consuls based in Kathmandu form their own association, by Mallika Aryal (nt 24/08/2007)

Pradhan fears further delay in appointment of ambassadors (nn 23/07/2007), Wrangling over envoys’ appointment on (samn 25/07/2007), Maoists stick with their demands for ambassadorial posts (nn 30/07/2007), FM pins the blame on Maoists for delay in envoys' appointments (nn 25/08/2007), Maoists propose 4 envoys’ names (kp 25/08/2007), CPN-Maoist names four ambassadors (nn 27/08/2007), Two more nominees for envoys (kp 28/08/2007), Cabinet approves Maoists' envoy-nominees (nn 30/08/2007) [Nevertheless overwhelming dominance of Tagadhari!], Consensus at last on 21 ambassadors (kp 31/08/2007), House committee to probe complaints against envoy-nominees (nn 11/09/2007), No consensus on Shailaja Acharya (nn 13/09/2007), Hearings panel fails to clear Sailaja (kp 13/09/2007), Hearing of envoy-designates continue (nn 14/09/2007), House committee ends hearing of envoys; still divided over Shailaja (nn 14/09/2007), House panel clears 20 ambassador-designates (kp 15/09/2007), Foreign Ministry sends names of envoy-nominees to foreign capitals (nn 19/07/2007), Shailaja’s antics (nt 28/09/2007, originally in Budhabar, 26 September)

Labour complications: What our embassies should be doing but aren’t, by Nishchal N Pandey (nt 20/07/2007), Understaffing hampers services at Nepali missions, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 21/07/2007)

Special license plates for honorary consuls’ vehicles, by Kosh Raj Koirala (kp 16/07/2007)

No ‘on-arrival’ visas for seven countries (nn 03/07/2007)

Diplomacy ruined by powerbrokers, by Madhab P Khanal (kp 02/07/2007)

Govt assures diplomats additional security (kp 09/06/2007)

Nepal-Egypt ties hailed (samn 02/06/2007)

National interest is the deciding factor, by CP Gajurel (kp 26/04/2007)

Overstaying foreigners asked to contact DoI (kp 20/04/2007)

New foreign policy, by Sunil Poudyal (kp 16/04/2007)

Standing between two ‘goldmines’, by Tilak P Pokharel (kp 19/02/2007)

Geographically locked Nepal ’s Foreign Policy is largely determined by facilities granted by India, by Ram Kumar Dahal (tg 14/02/2007); see also part 2 (21/02/2007)

Nepal may join Shanghai Cooperation, by Tilak P. Pokharel (kp 12/02/2007)

Govt appoints acting ambassadors to S Korea, Australia and Denmark (nn 28/01/2007)

Nepal Foreign Policy: A Review, by Krishna P. Khanal (tg 24/01/2007)

Reinvigorating foreign policy, by Trilochan Upreti (kp 29/12/2006)

Love the neighbours: Or at least the chances they offer for progress, by Ashutosh Tiwari (nt 22/12/2006)

New embassies in Seoul, Canberra (samn 16/12/2006)

DPM Oli, PM Koirala discuss proposed names of Ambassadors (nn 13/11/2006)

Foreign affairs, economy and UN seat (kp 02/11/2006)

Foreign Affairs: Need for Paradigm Shift: Contentious border and water resources issues have been handled poorly, by Som P Pudasaini (tg 01/11/2006)

Maoists' favor "Equidistance" theory in diplomatic conducts (tg 01/11/2006)

Leaders calls for uniformity in foreign policies (nn 28/10/2006),  Leaders stress consensus on foreign policy (kp 28/10/2006)

Oli continues meetings with foreign leaders in NY (nn 24/09/2006)

Recalibrating diplomacy? by Madhab P Khanal (kp 25/08/2006)

Taskforce suggests restructuring of foreign policy (nn 18/08/2006)

New dynamics in foreign policy, by Trilochan Upreti (kp 14/08/2006)

Envoy selection (nt 04/08/2006, originally in Chalphal, 30 July)

Oli stresses broad-based foreign policy (kp 29/07/2006)

Oli asks taskforce to devise people-oriented foreign policy (nn 22/07/2006)

New Dimensions To Foreign Policy, by C. D. Bhatta (rn 20/07/2006)

3 recalled envoys vanish into thin air (samn 14/07/2006)

New foreign policy agenda, by Shambhu Ram Simkhada (kp 01/07/2006)

Nepal as a transit point, by Prakash A.Raj (tg 21/06/2006)

DPM Oli holds meetings with ministers of various countries (nn 21/06/2006)

Deadline over, 9 envoys yet to return (kp 20/06/2006), 5 recalled envoys yet to arrive back (kp 21/06/2006)

Diplomacy for dummies: With such a poor talent pool it will be difficult to find a new breed of ambassadors, by C.K. Lal (nt 16/06/2006)

Foreign policy challenges, by C D Bhatta (kp 23/05/2006)

Foreign policy has failed: ex-envoy (samn 16/03/2006)

Foreign affairs experts call for timely change in foreign policy (nn 07/03/2006), Foreign policy calls for change: Experts (kp 07/03/2006), Experts stress on fixed foreign policy (samn 07/03/2006)

Nepal: Between Two Neighbors, by Keshab Poudel (sp 20/01/2006)

Pak-Nepal nexus, by Vinod Vedi (Central Chronicle, 09/01/2006)

Nepal's diplomacy finally comes of age, by M.R. Josse (Scoop 18/11/2005) [This article loses some of its value because of its blindness to royal power ambitions!]

Domestic context in foreign policy, by Lok Raj Baral (kp 05/09/2005)

Reciprocity on transit right (kp 08/06/2005)

Afghanistan

Nepali worker abducted in Afghanistan (ht 23/04/2008)

4 more Nepalis arrested in Afghanistan (kp 04/12/2007)

Nepali labor forum in Afghanistan (kp 18/08/2007)

500 swindled Nepalis languish in Kabul camps, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 16/08/2007)

Nepali contractor killed in Afghan suicide bombing (nn 28/06/2007)

Police: bomb hits U.N. vehicle in south Afghanistan, killing 4 guards, driver, by Noor Khan (Santa Barbara - News Press 17/04/2007), Bomb hits U.N. vehicle in Afghanistan (USA Today 17/04/2007), Bombing attacks kill 9 in Afghanistan (pd 17/04/2007), Four Nepalis killed in Afghan blast (nn 17/04/2007), 4 Nepalis killed in Afghan blast, by Rupak D Sharma (kp 18/04/2007), Four Nepalis killed in Afghan blast yet to be identified (nn 18/04/2007), Identities of the dead awaited (kp 19/04/2007), Nepalis killed in Afghan blast identified (nn 19/04/2007), Wife distraught at Kandahar death, by Kul Chandra Neupane (kp 20/04/2007), Kin receive bodies of Kandahar dead, by Kulchandra Neupane (kp 26/04/2007)

2 Afghans deported (kp 18/10/2006)

Two Nepalis kidnapped in Afghanistan (Khaleej Times 11/02/2006), Foreign ministry directs embassy to seek release of two Nepalese (nn 12/02/2006), Nepalis 'abducted' in Afghanistan, by Mark Dummett (BBC News 12/02/2006), Two Nepalese kidnapped in Kabul: Afghan govt confirms (oi 12/02/2006), 2 Nepalis kidnapped in Kabul, by Tilak P Pokharel (kp 13/02/2006), Abducted Nepalis come into contact (nn 15/02/2006), Abducted Nepalis fit and fine (kp 15/02/2006), One Nepali hostage dead, another released: Report (nn 28/02/2006), Nepal hostage dies in Afghanistan (BBC News 28/02/2006), Body to be brought back from Kabul (kp 02/03/2006)

Bangladesh

Bad transport hampering Nepal-Bangladesh trade (kp 06/12/2007)

Nepal, Bangladesh trade talks on (kp 07/10/2007), B'desh offers Rohalpur railway transit to Nepal (kp 09/10/2007)

‘Operate Dhaka-Ktm bus service’ (kp 04/07/2007)

Four Nepali inmates released from Bangladeshi jail (nn 23/04/2007)

Road link with Nepal to boost regional ties (New Nation 06/04/2007)

Bangladesh, Nepal keen to expand trade Envoy meets PM (Daily Star 27/06/2006)

Export, import of Nepal thru' Mongla port discussed; Envoy meets Hasina (Daily Star 21/06/2006)

It's now official, B’desh violated pact (kp 13/06/2006)

Dhaka pitches for market access, corridor to Nepal, by Pallab Bhattacharya and Rezaul Karim (Daily Star 22/03/2006)

Trade with Nepal (New Nation 07/10/2005)

‘Lower tariff, resolve transit problems’ (kp 30/09/2005), Room for expansion (kp 01/10/2005)

Nepal to B’desh: Simplify visa provisions, by Milan Mani Sharma (kp 17/08/2005)

A Nepal-Bangladesh win-win, by Rajendra Dahal (Himal 07/2005)

Envoy for tripartite talks (kp 30/07/2005)

Bus link with Nepal soon (New Nation 21/04/2005)

Pakistan

Pak lawyer moves SC against ‘illegal acts’ of Nepal Police (nn 03/03/2008)

Govt, parties deplore Bhutto assassination (kp 29/12/2007), Assassination (kp 29/12/2007), Honor Bhutto's sacrifice, by Ejaz Haider (kp 29/12/2007), What's next for Pakistan?, by Nicholas Schmidle (kp 29/12/2007)

Nepali journalists protest crackdown on media in Pakistan (nn 15/11/2007)

Nepal government expresses sadness over developments in Pakistan (nn 04/11/2007), Govt, parties condemn Musharraf move (kp 05/11/2007), Double Coup (kp 05/11/2007)

‘Nepal-Pak ties on non-interference principle’ (kp 28/10/2007)

Pakistan becomes largest Nepali tea importer (kp 27/10/2007)

Pak govt slams FNJ letter to Musharraf (kp 20/06/2007)

Nepal, Pakistan share common views on many issues: Amin (nn 05/02/2007), Pakistan desires a peaceful environment in the South Asia Region; respects territorial sovereignty of Nepal, by Sohail Amin, Ambassador of Pakistan in Nepal (tg 07/02/2007)

Nepal, Pakistan sign agreement on cooperation in agriculture (nn 25/01/2007)

Pakistan rejects Prachanda's claim of ISI offer for assistance (nn 21/11/2006)

Pak 'interest' in extradition treaty (nn 28/10/2006)

Pak asylum seekers stage sit-in at UNHCR (kp 22/08/2006)

Court releases two Pakistani national on bail (nn 28/07/2006)

Four Pakistani nationals held in Kathmandu (nn 13/07/2006), Four Pakistanis arrested in Nepal after Mumbai blasts (Newindpress 14/07/2006), Pak hand, Nepal handcuffs - No charge, only hint of Islamabad link (tc 14/07/2006), Mumbai blasts linked to Nepal? (wi 14/07/2006), Nepal police probe arrested Pakistanis (Daily Times 15/07/2006), Nepal probes arrested Pakistanis for Mumbai blast links (Peninsula 15/07/2006), Nepal police vow ‘thorough probe’ (Gulf Times 15/07/2006), Pakistan says its nationals arrested in Nepal not linked with Mumbai blasts (Kuwait News Agency 16/07/2006), Arrested Pakistanis in Nepal have no links with Mumbai blasts: FO (Pak Tribune 16/07/2006), 'Arrest of Pakistanis in Nepal not linked with Mumbai blasts', by K J M Varma (Outlook India 16/07/2006), Pakistanis have no connection with Mumbai blast: Pak Foreign Ministry (nn 16/07/2006), Nepal arrests not related to Mumbai blasts: Pakistan (kp 17/07/2006), Mystery over Pakistanis held in Nepal deepens (Peninsula 18/07/2006), Court extends judicial custody of Pakistani nationals (nn 19/07/2006)

Nepal-Pakistan relationship based on shared interests: Pak envoy (nn 23/03/2006)

Pakistan-Nepal relations are based on the principles of respecting each other’s unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity, by Sohail Amin, Ambassador of Pakistan in Nepal (tg 22/02/2006)

Pakistan warned against secret India-Nepal extradition treaty (Pakistan Link 28/12/2005)

The Way it Was: Pakistan-Nepal relations, by Mohammad Sameen Khan (Daily Times 19/12/2005)

Pak-Nepal relations fast strengthening: Dr Kul Ratna (Associated Press of Pakistan 17/12/2005)

Pak-Nepal enjoy close, cordial relations: PM (Pak Tribune 30/10/2005), Nepal Pakistan agree to enhance mutual cooperation (nn 30/10/2005)

15 years in Pakistani jail for no reason, by Lal Prasad Sharma (kp 25/10/2005), Free after 15 yrs in Pak jail (kp 25/01/2006), Homecoming after 15 years in Pak jail (kp 26/02/2006)

Nepal offers US $50,000 in relief to Pakistan (ko 11/10/2005)

Nepal offers special economic zones to Pakistan for investment, by Liaqat Ali Toor (Associated Press of Pakistan 05/07/2005)

150 Pak asylum seekers in Nepal, by Bishnu Budhathoki (kp 14/05/2005)

Nepal, Pak agree to negotiate FTA (kp 31/03/2005)

Sri Lanka

‘Nepal is very special to Sri Lankans’, interview with Sri Lankan Ambassador to Nepal Sumith Nakandala (kp 10/09/2007)

Lankan FM arrives in Kathmandu (kp 01/07/2007), Lankan FM meets Pradhan (nn 01/07/2007), Sri Lanka interested in developing Lumbini (nn 04/07/2007)

Thailand

Cultural erosion, by Rupak D Sharma (kp 07/10/2007)

Nepal looks to Thailand as laborers destination (kp 05/09/2007)

Govt urged to sign PTET with Thailand (samn 06/05/2007)

Over 80 Nepalis doing time in Thai jails (kp 07/01/2007)

Nepali political parties condemn Thai coup (nn 20/09/2006), Parliamentarians demand resolution condemning Thai Coup (nn 22/09/2009), Coupland (kp 22/09/2006)

Thailand luring more and more Nepalis, by Krishna Regmi (kp 26/08/2006)

PM Koirala meets his Thai counterpart in Bangkok (nn 26/06/2006)

Malaysia / Indonesia / Singapore

New envoy to try raise Nepalis’ wages in Malaysia (kp 03/01/2008)

Be under 40 to work in Malaysia (kp 02/01/2008)

Foreign workers face brutality in Malaysia, by Seth Mydans (kp 12/12/2007)

Maid in Malaysia: Door opens for Nepali jobseekers (kp 11/10/2007), Malaysia opens doors for Nepali maids (samn 11/10/2007)

Employer goes bankrupt, Nepalis lose Malaysia jobs (kp 18/09/2007)

11 Nepalis duped in Malaysia jobs (kp 16/09/2007)

Labor MoU delayed as Malaysia not responding (kp 29/08/2007)

Only Nepalese to work as security guards in Malaysia (nn 08/08/2007)

Malaysia to deport 30 Nepalis, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 18/07/2007)

42 Nepalis detained in Malaysia (kp 11/07/2007)

Nepal, Malaysia finalize labor MoU, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 06/07/2007)

118 Nepalis working as bonded labourers in Malaysia (nn 30/04/2007), 118 Nepali bonded laborers in Malaysia, by Binod Bhandari (kp 30/04/2007)

Nepalese workers stranded in Malaysia (samn 19/04/2007)

Nepalis 'assaulted' in Malaysia (samn 05/03/2007)

Release of jailed Nepalis sought (samn 31/12/2006), Eight Nepali laborers rescued, by Murahari Parajuli (kp 13/01/2007)

Malaysia, Nepal to ink labor pact: Envoy, by Ramesh Chandra Adhikari (kp 17/11/2006)

Nepal-Malaysia Ties (rn 30/05/2006)

Six Nepalis arrested in Malaysia: Report (nn 06/03/2006)

Appeal to revoke death sentence of Nepali (nn 31/12/2005)

Nowhere to turn: Amid continuring reports of Nepali workers being duped in Malaysia, desperate people continue to sign up for jobs, by Naresh Newar (nt 02/12/2005)

Malaysia to issue visa to Nepali workers upon arrival (nn 05/11/2005), Employment in Malaysia: Malaysia to issue visas upon arrival, by Rupak D Sharma (kp 05/11/2005), Malaysia visa (kp 07/11/2005)

Wrongly jailed Nepali seeks justice (kp 11/07/2005)

Malaysia to bar Nepali workers (kp 29/01/2005), Malaysia stops visas to Nepali workers, by Chandra Shekhar Adhikari (rn 31/01/2005)

Malaysian envoy to Nepal (kp 11/01/2005)

Malaysia extends amnesty deadline again, by Tilak P Pokharel (kp 01/01/2005)

Mongolia

Burma (Myanmar)

11 Nepali student monks return from Myanmar (nn 06/10/2007)

Nepal's Sherpas join monks to condemn Myanmar crackdown (wi 05/10/2007)

Person of Nepali origin dies in pro-democracy struggle in Burma (nn 02/10/2007), Nepal monks march to save Myanmar brethren's lives (wi 02/10/2007)

Nepal parliament seeks Suu Kyi's release (samn 16/12/2006)

Japan

Govt okays sending workers to Japan (kp 08/03/2008)

New envoy to promote Nepal in Japan (kp 06/01/2008)

New Japanese ambassador arrives (nn 03/10/2007)

Japan seeks Nepali industrial trainee-workers, by Prabhakar Ghimire (kp 25/09/2007)

Japan denies visa to Gajurel (nn 16/08/2007)

Vice-minister Kimura calls on PM, discuss Japanese assistance (nn 02/08/2007)

New team at NJTEF (samn 25/04/2007)

Visa fee for Japanese tourists exempted (samn 23/12/2006)

Japan cancels Nepal debt (pd 16/08/2006)

Nepal-Japan diplomatic relations, by Tara Prasad Sapkota (kp 13/08/2006)

A perspective: Nepal-Japan Cooperation, by B. P. Shrestha (tg 02/08/2006)

Japan willing to send observers to monitor CA elections: Japanese minister (nn 29/07/2006), Japan also sour on Maoists-with-arms in govt (kp 30/07/2006), Japan for arms management before polls (samn 30/07/2006),