Nepal has signed diplomatic ties with Nauru on Thursday.
The Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations in New York, Amrit Rai, and the Permanent Representative of Nauru Ambassador Margo Deiye signed a joint communique in New York establishing the diplomatic relations between the two countries, according to Nepal's Mission to the UN in New York.
With this, the number of countries having diplomatic ties with Nepal reached 179.
The ambassadors of both the countries have shared this information to the UN Secretary-General, it is said.
The ambassadors of the two countries have expressed their commitment to enhancing cooperation in international forums, work in development aspirations and deepen people to people ties.
Nauru is a country in the northeast of Australia near the Pacific Ocean and had gotten the status of an independent nation in 1968.
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