Nepal | Constitution Day

Embassy Network | 30th November 2017

Honoured guests raise a glass to British Nepalese friendship

The Ambassador of Nepal Dr Durga Bahadur Subedi and his wife Poonam welcome the Ambassador of El Salvador Mrs Elisabeth Hayek-Weinmann

Ambassador Subedi greets the Ambassador of Kuwait and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps Mr Khaled Al Duwaisan and the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia HRH Prince Mohammed Al-Saud

The Ambassador, his wife and senior staff members stand to attention for the National Anthems

Ambassador Subedi gives his Constitution Day address

The UK’s Special Envoy to Nepal Owen Jenkins

The Ambassador of Morocco Mr Abdesselem Aboudrar and Ambassador Subedi

Cyprus High Commmissioner Euripides Evriviades, German Ambassador Peter Ammon and Austrian Ambassador Martin Eichtinger enjoy the festivities

Polish Ambassdor Professor Arkady Rzegocki, Latvian Ambassador Ms Baiba Braze and the Ambassador of Israel Mr Mark Regev

Peak performer
“Guests are treated as gods in our country” the Nepalese Ambassador Dr Durga Bahadur Subedi said on his first Constitution Day in London – and the garden party, with a Nepalese BBQ and music, certainly proved it. This year the Nepalese go to the polls, marking a final milestone in Nepal’s transition to democracy. The Ambassador thanked Britain for its support during the political transformation and for assisting Nepal after the devastating earthquake, a testimony to more than two centuries of enduring friendship.

Guest of Honour, Owen Jenkins, Britain’s special envoy to Nepal, said: “We are there for the long term,” pledging continued British cooperation in all fields, “from economic development to education to international security”.

The Gurkhas, who serve alongside British soldiers, embody this friendship said the Ambassador and the event included a ceremony to congratulate the Gurkhas Everest Expedition Team who reached the summit in May, symbolising a “peak of friendship between Nepal and Great Britain,” he concluded.

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