KATHMANDU, Nov 18: The ambassadors recalled by the government to report at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) are currently passing their day with attendance only.
On November 3, the current government had recalled and deputed Nepali ambassadors to 11 countries to be stationed at the MoFA effective November 6.
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Accordingly, arrangements have been made for the ambassadors who came to Nepal to work at the ministry, shared MoFA Spokesperson Lok Bahadur Poudel Chhetri. Four of the 11 recalled ambassadors have resigned from their posts and their resignations have also been accepted, he said.
However, the remaining seven ambassadors have said that they are returning home after marking their attendance at the MoFA. On condition of anonymity, one ambassador said that they were awaiting the decision of the Supreme Court (SC).
A cabinet meeting had decided to recall 11 ambassadors who were politically appointed. A writ was filed in the SC, saying that the government's decision was not legal. After the initial hearing of the case, the SC had issued an interim order not to implement the decision. Following the SC order, the government recalled the ambassadors to be deputed at the MoFA.
The ambassadors summoned by the government are Chandra Kumar Ghimire (United Kingdom), Lokdarshan Regmi (United States) and Durga Bahadur Subedi (Japan), Krishna Prasad Oli (China), Shail Rupakheti (Germany), Dhan Prasad Pandit (Israel), Netra Prasad Timilsina (Malaysia), Ramesh Chandra Poudel (Qatar), Jung Bahadur Chauhan (Russia), Naresh Bikram Dhakal (Saudi Arabia) and Sanil Nepal (Spain). Among them, Ghimire, Regmi, Oli and Poudel have already resigned.
