Kathmandu, May 24
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has
celebrated the first Foreign Affairs Service Day 2022 on Tuesday.
At a special programme organised at the
multipurpose building of the ministry at Tripureshwor in Kathmandu, Minister
for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Narayan Khadka honoured the senior officials who
served at the ministry in and before 1961.
Dr. Khadka honoured Hari Prasad Pokharel,
Yogendra Nath Ojha, Narayan Prasad Rajbhandari (Chittaranjan Nepali), and
Narsingh Mansingh Pradhan from the early breed of the professionals in the
foreign service.
Likewise, Yadav Kanta Silwal, Gowardhan
Bikram Shah, Shiva Ram Sharma and Ganesh Man Shrestha were also facilitated on
the occasion.
However, Narayan Prasad Aryal, Bishwo
Pradhan and Bindeshwori Malla Shah couldn't make it to the event. Foreign
Secretary Bharat Raj Poudyal will make visits to their residences to offer the
felicitation, announced the ministry.
The celebration was made to mark the Nepal Foreign Service
(Formation and Classification) Rules, 1961. The MoFA said that May 24 will be
celebrated every year as the Foreign Service Day in remembrance of the day when
the Foreign Service was legally codified in Nepal.
Minister Dr.
Khadka said that it was the day to bring back the memories and an opportunity
to face the live history.
He said that institutions must be
strengthened in a way they could cater to the national interest. "Foreign
service is a dynamic concept and we need to continuously refine and redefine
its elements, programmes and impacts," he said.
Foreign Secretary Poudyal said that
celebration of the day and felicitation of the veterans of the profession would
motivate and inspire young professionals to join foreign service as their
career.
Meanwhile, FM Dr. Khadka inaugurated the Passport
Museum at the multipurpose building following the programme.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 25 May 2022.
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