On the occasion of Israel's 75th Independence Day, on Thursday, a ceremony was organized in Kathmandu. Vice President Ramsahay Prasad Yadav inaugurated the special diamond jubilee ceremony organized by the Israeli embassy in Nepal on Thursday.
At the ceremony, the Israeli Ambassador to Nepal Hanan Goder said that Nepal and Israel should work together to establish world peace.
Nepal was the first South Asian country to recognize Israel.
A documentary about the progress Israel has made was shown at the ceremony.
High-ranking personalities and people from different sectors of the society were present at the ceremony.
Nepal and Israel established diplomatic relations on 1 June 1960. The Government of the State of Israel established a residential Mission in Kathmandu in 1961. The Embassy of Nepal in Egypt was concurrently accredited to the State of Israel until the opening of the residential mission in Tel Aviv. Following the decision of the Government of Nepal, constituted after the success of the historic Peoples’ Movement 2006, to establish a residential embassy in Israel, the Embassy of Nepal came into being on 13 August 2007.
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