American Embassy in Kathmandu has celebrated the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the bilateral relationship with Nepal. The embassy organized a special function in Kathmandu on April 30 to celebrate 75 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Nepal and the United States of America (US) established diplomatic relations between them on 25 April 1947. The US is the second country, only after the UK, with which Nepal established diplomatic relations.
Nepal established its Embassy in Washington D.C. on 3 February 1958. On 6 August 1959, American Embassy in Kathmandu was opened. A number of Nepal’s honorary consuls have been appointed in various US cities.
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, top leaders of major parties, and high-level government officials attended the program. Addressing the program, PM Deuba said Nepal-US diplomatic ties provides an opportunity for further expanding and enriching the partnership in all productive sector. We look forward to more high-level engagements and economic partnerships in the days to come, PM Deuba said.
In his message on the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations, American Ambassador to Nepal Randy W. Berry said The foundation of this multi-generational U.S. – Nepal relationship is people-to-people connections, sovereignty, and democratic values.
Today, we need each other more than ever to tackle difficult issues like addressing the climate crisis and protecting democracy in the face of rising authoritarianism. We look forward to doing this together, giving us the results that this friendship has given us for generations, the U.S envoy said.
The United States’ historic support for Nepal’s health sector reflects the powerful results of our partnership. In the 1950s, malaria afflicted nearly 25 percent of the population. The U.S. government through USAID, supported the Malaria Control Program and by 1968, malaria cases dropped from more than 2 million to 2,468 cases nationwide.
