Archive foreign 2000

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2000

Top priority to economic diplomacy, says Bastola (Rising Nepal, 07/12/2000)
See also editorial Deplorable act (Kathmandu Post, 03/03/2001)

Afghanistan

Bangladesh

Singbad-Rohanpur route best alternative (Kathmandu Post, 18/11/2000)

Road to Bangladesh: Short But Unsteady, by Akshay Sharma (Spotlight, 17/11/2000)

B'desh unlikely to import Nepali rice (Kathmandu Post, 07/11/2000)

Nepal-Bangladesh Trade: Regular use of 'transit route' emphasized, by Cyril Sikder (People's Review, 02/11/2000)

Free visa would further boost Nepal-Bangladesh relations: Bangladesh envoy, by LB Thapa (People's Review, 02/11/2000)

Nepal’s sleeping envoy in Dhaka! (Telegraph, 01/11/2000)

Nepal-Bangladesh transit route and trade between two countries, by Cyril Sikder, Ambassador, Republic of B’desh, Nepal (Telegraph, 25/10/2000)

B’desh facilitates Nepalis goods at Banglaband (Kathmandu Post, 20/10/2000)

B’desh willing to promote trade ties with Nepal (Telegraph, 18/10/2000)

Bangladesh gives high priority on trade with Nepal (People's Review, 13/07/2000)

Nepal-Bangladesh relations : Water issues, by Hiranyalal Shrestha (Kathmandu Post, 13/07/2000)

Sikder is new B'desh Ambassador to Nepal (Telegraph, 16/02/2000)

Pakistan

Pakistan Would Not Do Anything That Would Harm The Interest Of Nepal (Spotlight, 08/09/2000)
Interview with Ms Fauzia Nasreen, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to Nepal

Handle with care, by Yadav Khanal (The Kathmandu Post, 20 January 2000)

Sri Lanka

We Have Taken All Measures For SAARC Summit To Take Place (Spotlight, 17/11/2000)
Interview with Pamela J. Dean, Sri Lankan ambassador to Nepal

Nepal should learn from Sri Lankan disaster, by Ramesh Sharma (People's Review, 11/05/2000)

Sri Lanka celebrates 52nd anniversary of independence (People's Review, 10/02/2000)

Kathmandu-Colombo ties (Telegraph, 2 February 2000)

Myanmar (Burma)

Nepali-speakers struggle under Burmese law, by Puran P Bista (Kathmandu Post, 07/11/2000)
See also letter by Surya Nath Sharma: In bad taste (Kathmandu Post, 18/11/2000)

Malaysia

24 Nepalis held in Malaysia (Kathmandu Post, 13/12/2000)

Mongolia

Japan

I commend Nepal’s efforts (Rising Nepal, 11/09/2000)
Interview with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori

Mori visit made a difference (Rising Nepal, 06/09/2000)

Japanese Prime Minister Mori’s Nepal Visit: Short But Fruitful, by Jagadish B. Mathema (Rising Nepal, 03/09/2000)

Mori's Visit to Nepal: A New Beginning, by Bhagirath Yogi (Spotlight, 01/09/2000)

Mori deserves kudos, by Ramesh Sharma (People's Review, 31/08/2000)

Mori visit: "satisfactory and useful" (People's Review, 31/08/2000)

Nepal-Japan relations, by Basanta Lohani (Kathmandu Post, 29/08/2000)

Mori completes historic visit: Pledges assistance; Calls for expansion of Security Council, by Damakant Jayshi (Kathmandu Post, 26/08/2000)

Nepal-Japan Ties: Important Stopover, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 25/08/2000)

Japan’s ODA priority and Nepal’s needs, by Prateek Pradhan (Kathmandu Post, 25/08/2000)

Japanese PM's visit downplayed, by Pushpa Raj Pradhan (People's Review, 24/08/2000)

Mori’s visit to enhance Nepal-Japan ties (Rising Nepal, 23/08/2000)

Europe

Hopes, doubts ahead of Hoon’s visit, by Satish Jung Shahi (Kathmandu Post, 13/12/2000)

Nepal’s ‘Russian mafia’, by Salil Subedi and Alok Tumbahangphey (Nepali Times, 08/12/2000)

Nepal hopes to further ties with Germany: Experts (Rising Nepal, 02/12/2000)

Princess Anne's Visit: A Symbol Of Goodwill, by Keshab Poudel (Spotlight, 01/12/2000)

Finland to study Nepal’s performance on governance, accountability and transparency (Telegraph, 15/11/2000)

Finland eager to invest in Nepal (Kathmandu Post, 04/10/2000)

Our Relations With The EU Have Been Very Fruitful (Spotlight, 28/07/2000)
Interview with Durgesh Man Singh

Assessing Nepal-UK relations, by Ronald Nash ((Kathmandu Post, 10/06/2000)

Nepal-Britain: After The Cook Visit (Spotlight, 28/04/2000)

Cook says jaw-jaw is better than war-war (People_s Review, 27/04/2000)

NBCCI office within premises, a first for British embassies worldwide (Independent, 26/04/2000)

I Am Anxious That We Should Expand Our Business Relations (Spotlight, 21/04/2000)
Interview with Robin Cook, British Foreign Secretary

Cook begins Nepal visit: Applauds democracy in Nepal (Rising Nepal, 21/04/2000)

Robin Cook arrives (Kathmandu Post, 21/04/2000)

Nepali stupa in Germany for EXPO-2000 Hannover (Rising Nepal, 17/03/2000)

EU office in Nepal likely (The Kathmandu Post, 21 January 2000)

Diplomatic relations established (The Rising Nepal, 15 January 2000)

Norway opens embassy (The Kathmandu Post, 13 January 2000)

Norway to set up embassy (The Kathmandu Post, 11 January 2000)

U.S.A.

US Visa: On The Rule Book, by Keshab Poudel, (Spotlight, 29/12/2000)

US visa getting tougher as immigration mounts (Kathmandu Post, 21/12/2000)

Increasing US Interest In South Asia: Beneficial For Nepal, by Chiranjibi Paudyal (Rising Nepal, 02/12/2000)

South Asia Of Increasing Importance To United States, by Karl Inderfurth, Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia (Telegraph, 25/10/2000)
see also South Asian Region: Growing Importance To US, by Karl Inderfurth (Rising Nepal, 26/10/2000)

We wanna go to America (Nepali Times, 20/10/2000)

I say it with regret ... (Kathmandu Post, 28/04/2000)
Letter by Thomas Furey

Thomas Furey backs out, by Akhilesh Upadhyay (Kathmandu Post, 27/04/2000)

U.S. Embassy repudiates allegations (People's Review, 20/04/2000)

Reject racial diplomat (Kathmandu Post, 18/04/2000)
letter by David and Claire Tala-Pederson

Probe racist charges (Kathmandu Post, 18/04/2000)

US embassy refutes allegations on Furey (Kathmandu Post, 18/04/2000)

Clinton's India visit should worry Nepal (People's Review, 13/04/2000)

Clinton’s South Asia Visit Nepal & US Investment, by Gandhi Raj Kafle (Rising Nepal, 21/03/2000)