Govt recommends ambassadors for 20 countries

KATHMANDU, April 7: The government has recommended names of ambassadors to various 20 countries.

A cabinet meeting held on Thursday evening made a decision to this effect. Those recommended as ambassadors include 12 from political quota and eight from Foreign Service. 

There is a constitutional provision to provision to appoint ambassadors by President after Parliamentary Hearing Committee endorses their names.

Those recommended under political quota:

1. Bishnu Pukar Shrestha (China)

2. Dan Bahadur Tamang (South Africa)

3. Sharmila Parajuli Dhakal (Spain)

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4. Basu Dev Mishra (Sri Lanka)

5. Milan Tuladhar (Russia)

6. Kailash Pokhrel (Australia)

7. Jyoti Pyakurel (South Africa)

8. Prof. Dr Ram Suraj Yadav (Denmark)

9. Nawaraj Subedi (Saudi Arabia) 

10. Naresh Bikram Dhakal (Qatar)

11. Shanta Rijal (Israel)

12. Dilli Raj Poudel (Malaysia)

Those recommended from Foreign Service:

1.Harischandra Ghimire (Bahrain)

2.Dornath Aryal (Oman)

3.Susheel Kumar Lamsal (Egypt)

4.Ghanshyam Bhandari (Bangladesh)

5.Bharat Kumar Regmi (Austria)

6. Nirmal Raj Kafle (Brazil)

7. Durga Bahadur Subedi (Japan)

8. Tirtha Raj Wagle (Myanmar)