{"id":409202,"date":"2025-05-19T08:13:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T02:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=409202"},"modified":"2025-05-19T08:13:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T02:28:14","slug":"ambassadors-club-irgdd-and-the-diplomat-nepal-launched-in-kathmandu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2025\/05\/19\/409202.html","title":{"rendered":"Ambassadors&#8217; Club, IRGDD, and The Diplomat Nepal launched in Kathmandu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-409203 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/494363302_2407321449653338_596873350181416804_n-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/494363302_2407321449653338_596873350181416804_n-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/494363302_2407321449653338_596873350181416804_n-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/494363302_2407321449653338_596873350181416804_n-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/494363302_2407321449653338_596873350181416804_n.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-146c3p1 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-1adg3ll r-1b5gpbm r-a8ghvy\" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-a8ghvy\"><strong>May 18, Kathmandu:<\/strong> The Ambassadors&#8217; Club, a platform for diplomatic collaboration, and the International Relations and Global Diplomacy Dialogue (IRGDD), a think tank for global policy discussions, were inaugurated on Sunday. The event also launched <\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-a8ghvy r-36ujnk\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-a8ghvy\">The Diplomat Nepal<\/span><\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-a8ghvy\">, the country\u2019s first diplomatic magazine.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-146c3p1 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-1adg3ll r-1b5gpbm r-a8ghvy\" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-a8ghvy\">Former Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, the chief guest, stressed the initiatives\u2019 importance, stating, \u201cNepal must not remain on the sidelines.\u201d Dr. Sarmila Parajuli Dhakal, President of the Ambassadors&#8217; Club and IRGDD, described it as \u201cNepal\u2019s journey to global conversations.\u201d The Ambassadors&#8217; Club aims to connect diplomats to strengthen Nepal\u2019s international ties.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-146c3p1 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-1adg3ll r-1b5gpbm r-a8ghvy\" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-a8ghvy\">Former Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey highlighted the think tank\u2019s role in strategic engagement, while former Deputy Prime Minister Sujata Koirala called the platforms \u201ctransformative\u201d for addressing global issues. Rastriya Swatantra Party\u2019s DP Aryal noted their potential to modernise diplomacy. Egypt\u2019s Ambassador Noha Hamdy Ahmed praised Nepal\u2019s diplomatic tradition, and UN Resident Coordinator Hana Singer Hamdy lauded the initiatives as \u201cbold glimpses into the future.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-146c3p1 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-1adg3ll r-1b5gpbm r-a8ghvy\" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-a8ghvy\">Dignitaries, including Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, unveiled <\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-a8ghvy r-36ujnk\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-a8ghvy\">The Diplomat Nepal<\/span><\/span><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3 r-a8ghvy\"> and cut a ceremonial cake, marking a step toward amplifying Nepal\u2019s diplomatic voice.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ag-1747621206658\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 18, Kathmandu: The Ambassadors&#8217; Club, a platform for diplomatic collaboration, and the International Relations and Global Diplomacy Dialogue (IRGDD), a think tank for global policy discussions, were inaugurated on Sunday. The event also launched The Diplomat Nepal, the country\u2019s first diplomatic magazine. Former Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, the chief guest, stressed the initiatives\u2019 &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":409203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,3,6,4,5,2],"tags":[],"reporter":[26],"class_list":["post-409202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administration","category-english","category-en-featured","category-en-news","category-top-stories","category-top-stories-main","reporter-kaushal-ghimire"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409202"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409202"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":409204,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409202\/revisions\/409204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409202"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=409202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}