on 16 May 2024, the British Embassy Kathmandu celebrated the official birthday of King Charles III. Nepal’s Hon. Vice President graced the occasion and raised a toast to “The next 100 years of friendship”, alongside British Ambassador Rob Fenn. 

The event celebrated the recent centenary of the 1923 Britain-Nepal Treaty of Friendship; people-to-people ties, to energise the next century of partnership, and UK support for Nepal’s journey to faster economic growth through foreign direct investment (FDI). 

Attendees represented the breadth of relations between the two countries, their shared history and bright future. Themes explored throughout the evening included development cooperation, follow-up to the National Investment Summit, B2B links, the British Gurkhas, education and culture. 

The event reflected the Embassy’s focus on the role of young people in the long story of UK / Nepal relations - the custodians of the next “100 years of friendship”. King Charles himself has visited Nepal. His steadfast leadership on issues affecting young people was showcased in the work of the British Council, volunteers from VSO, recipients of Duke of Edinburgh Awards and Chevening scholars who study in the UK and return to help build their country.

Ambassador Fenn spoke of the distance already travelled with the UK’s “comrade in arms, Nepal”; and his hope that Nepal would now take “the steeper path” which leads to faster growth through FDI. “We’ve come this far together. Let’s spend the next 100 Years of Friendship where we can see out from the rooftop of the world, and where the world will come to us”.