Kathmandu 15 May: The Foreign Ministry has recommended new ambassadors to South Korea, Sri Lanka, Australia, Austria, Egypt, Russia, Myanmar, Bahrain, Brazil, Denmark and Saudi Arabia.

South Korea and Sri Lanka have been without ambassadors for three years, while the Australian ambassador was recalled a year ago before completing his term.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mrs. Sumnima Tuladhar, Executive Coordinator of Child Welfare Organization CWIN Nepal for Australia she is also wife fo Founder of CWIN Gauri Pradhan, Krishnachandra Sharma, former Head of the Department of Political Science at Tribhuvan University (Kirtipur) for South Korea; former Mayor of Biratnagar Municipality and former Professor of Political Science at Mahendra Morang Campus Ramesh Chandra Poudel has been recommended as Ambassador to Sri Lanka.

Similarly, Nirmal Raj Kafle, Joint Secretary for Foreign Affairs for Austria and Jeevan Prakash Shrestha have been recommended as Ambassadors to Egypt.

Similarly, Russian linguist and Kathmandu University professor Jang Bahadur (Jangab) Chauhan, former communist leader Narayan Prasad Sangraula for Myanmar and former minister and UML leader Yuvraj Karki have been recommended as ambassadors to Bahrain.

Former MP from Palpa Kul Prasad Nepal has been recommended for Brazil, Sumitra Subedi for Denmark and Meraj Muslim for Saudi Arabia.