Ministry of Foreign of Foreign Affairs has celebrated the first foreign service day. To mark the day, Ministry organized a special function in the presence of Minister for Foreign Affairs Narayan Khadka and Foreign Secretary Bharat Raj Paudyal.

On the occasion, Khadka and Poudyal jointly felicitated nine senior foreign ministry officials who served in different capacities at Ministry before 1961. Informing about the context and background of the foreign service day, Paudyal said Ministry plans to mark the day every year.  To mark the day, Ministry has invited current and retired senior officials and diplomats. 

Ministry of Foreign Affairs has extended warm greetings of the Foreign Service Day to all the serving and retired foreign service officials of Nepal as well as all those who are associated with this service and for its strengthening.

The institution of Nepal’s Foreign Office is one of the oldest of its type in Asia. After the unification of Nepal by King Prithivi Narayan Shah, in 1769, an office called Jaishi Kotha was established to look after foreign affairs, especially the relation with Tibet and China.

That was the first institution dedicated to foreign affairs in Nepal. The name of Jaishi Kotha was changed to “Munshi Khana” during the premiership of Bhimsen Thapa, and Jaishi Kotha was retained as a unit of Munshi Khana.