KATHMANDU: Minister for Foreign Affairs, Pradeep Gyawali has said the relationship between Nepal and Israel has inspired both countries to contemplate and take further steps to strengthen and consolidate friendly ties between the two countries.
He added that the relationship would be taken to a new height through an increased level of engagement and by exploring new avenues of cooperation.
Speaking at a seminar on the occasion organized by the Embassy of Israel together with the Center for Diplomatic Dialogue (CeDiD) on “6 Decades of Nepal-Israel Relations” on Thursday, he said the relations have continued to flourish over the years.
“We have continued to cooperate and collaborate on various areas of mutual interests at the bilateral as well as multilateral levels,” he said and expressed his confidence that Nepal-Israel relations will continue to strengthen and expand in the days ahead.
The seminar was organized to mark the 60th year of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Likewise, Hanan Goder, Ambassador of Israel to Nepal said that the relations between the two countries stand on two legs: one is this excellent leg of bilateral leg and the second leg is the multilateral leg, which is less famous, less known, and has much lower visibility.
“The multilateral relations take place mainly in the UN building in New York and in the Human Rights Council in Geneva, and sometimes in other locations,” he said.
He also added that it is time that both bilateral and multilateral levels are also reflected in the voting pattern of Nepal at the UN as well as other global forums.
Dr. Anjan Shakya, Ambassador of Nepal to Israel also talked about bilateral relations and cooperation between the two countries.
Similarly, Tal Shvartsman, Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy presented the strong cooperation that the two countries are having since the 1960s to date in major sectors such as agriculture, education and health, among other sectors.
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