INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, JUNE 24Nepal and the Republic of the Marshall Islands established
diplomatic relations yesterday.
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Ambassador of Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations Amrit Bahadur Rai and Ambassador
Permanent Representative of the Republic of the Marshall Islands to the United Nations Amatlain Elizabeth Kabua signed a Joint Communiqué
to this effect in a brief ceremony held at the Permanent Mission of Nepal in New York yesterday morning (New York time).The two ambassadors
also signed a joint letter informing the Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres about the establishment of diplomatic
relations between the two countries
On the occasion, the two ambassadors exchanged views on strengthen relations between the two countries in bilateral and multilateral
settings including at the United Nations.
The Marshall Islands lies in the central Pacific, midway between Australia and
It has an area of 181.3 square kilometres with a population of about 60,000
With this, the number of countries having diplomatic relations with Nepal has now reached 181.The Marshall Islands got independence from the
US-administered trusteeship on 21 October 1986
It became a UN member on 17 September 1991.A version of this article appears in the print on June 25, 2023, of The Himalayan Times.
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