Nepal and Suriname establishes formal diplomatic ties

Nepal and Suriname have established formal diplomatic ties. Chargé d’Affaires ad interim of Nepal’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, Nirmal Raj Kafle and his Surinamese counterpart, Kitty Sweeb signed the Joint Communiqué in New York on Thursday.

According to a press release issued by the Nepal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the two acting heads of mission discussed matters of mutual interests including potential areas for cooperation and issues of global concerns. Both sides agreed to further strengthen friendship and cooperation at the bilateral level as well as in multilateral forums.

The two countries have been working closely at the United Nations and other intergovernmental processes including Non-aligned Movement and the Group of 77. Suriname, a unicameral presidential republic, lies in the northern South America bordering North Atlantic Ocean between French Guiana and Guyana.

Following its independence from Netherlands in 1975, Suriname became member of the United Nations in the same year. Suriname is a multicultural society comprising Creoles, persons with African and European heritage and descendants of Africans, Indian and Indonesians. The number of countries with which Nepal maintains diplomatic ties has now reached 163.