The government has recalled 11 Nepali ambassadors from various countries. A Cabinet meeting on Thursday made the decision to recall the envoys.

“Ambassadors to China, Germany, Israel, Malaysia, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Japan have been recalled with instructions to return to Nepal by November 6,” said Minister for Communication and Information Technology Jagadish Kharel while announcing the Cabinet’s decision.

The ambassadors recalled are Krishna Prasad Oli (China), Shail Rupakheti (Germany), Dhan Prasad Pandit (Israel), Netra Prasad Timilsina (Malaysia), Ramesh Chandra Paudel (Qatar), Jang Bahadur Chauhan (Russia), Naresh Bikram Dhakal (Saudi Arabia), Shanil Nepal (Spain), Chandra Kumar Ghimire (United Kingdom), Lok Darshan Regmi (United States), and Durga Bahadur Subedi (Japan).

Among those recalled, only Subedi is a career diplomat.

However, the government has not recalled some of the ambassadors appointed during the previous KP Sharma Oli administration to countries such as India (Shankar Sharma), Australia (Chitralekha Yadav), Denmark (Sumnima Tuladhar), South Korea (Shivamaya Tumbahangphe), South Africa (Kapilman Shrestha), and Sri Lanka (Purna Bahadur Nepali) despite that they were appointed based on understanding among the political parties.