Israel–Nepal relations

Various Nepalese political figures, including the king (formerly), heads of government and state, and ministers have all since visited Israel and continued the earlier foreign policy tilt.

With the exception of a nine-month-long period of Maoist rule, all Nepalese governments have generally pursued close bilateral relations with Israel.

The current Nepalese Ambassador to Israel is Baija Nath Thapalia, who presented his credentials to President Peres on March 19, 2008.

[4] Nepal voted in favor of Security Council Resolutions 242 (1967) and 338 (1973), which upheld the right of all the states in the region to live in peace.

In 1975, the United Nations General Assembly passed an Arab-sponsored resolution (3379) that equated Zionism with racism and racial discrimination.

[4] Former Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala sent letters of appreciation to Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel, and Yasser Arafat, President and PLO Chairman, for this courageous decision taken by them and expressed hope that this would be instrumental in establishing peace, order, and stability in West Asia.

[4] Nepal welcomed the ceasefire announced after a summit held between Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian Leader Mahmud Abbas in Egypt on February 8, 2005, to end four years of bloodshed.

[5] Receiving the credentials of the Nepalese ambassador to Israel, Kanta Rizal, in August 2022, Israeli President Isaac Herzog expressed his desire to boost Israeli-Nepalese cooperation, highlighting agriculture, tourism, and innovation as core issues.

[6] After the April 2015 Nepal earthquake, Israel sent a delegation of 260 personnel, and 95 tons of equipment, including a field hospital.

[4] Israel has been providing Nepal with short-term scholarships in various subjects, particularly in the areas of agriculture, education, rural development, water resources, tourism, etc.

[4] After coming to power through a military coup that overthrew the democratic government of BP Koirala, the autocratic monarch of Nepal, Mahendra paid a State Visit to Israel in September 1963, to rally support for his regime.

Minister of Agriculture and Local Development Ram Chandra Paudel paid an Official Visit to Israel on 17–21 November 1993.

Prime Minister Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala (right) and David Ben Gurion in Tel Aviv on 12 August 1960
King Mahendra of Nepal (second from left) in a 1958 visit to Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science .
King Mahendra with Prime Minister Levi Eshkol , 1963