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Australia-Nepal relations 65 years: Winners and losers
(Top, L-R) Lekhnath Pandey, Anshmi Sharma, Sneha Ghimire, (bottom, L-R) Bidhan Sharma, Arushree Sharma Khatiwada and Khem Lakai spoke to SBS Nepali during an event marking the 65th anniversary of Australia-Nepal diplomatic relations in Kathmandu, Nepal. Credit: SBS Nepali/Pratichya Dulal
This year marks the 65th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Australia and Nepal. To mark the occasion, the Australian Embassy in Nepal hosted an event in Kathmandu on Saturday, 15 November. Australia’s Ambassador to Nepal Leanne Johnston and Nepal’s Prime Minister Sushila Karki were among the attendees. Our Nepal correspondent Pratichya Dulal spoke with several participants, including Tribhuvan University’s Assistant Professor of Journalism Lekhnath Pandey, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) alumni Anshmi Sharma, Senior Program and Research Assistant at the Institute for Integrated Development Studies (IIDS) Sneha Ghimire, UTS graduate and entrepreneur Bidhan Sharma, University of Sydney graduate and entrepreneur Arushree Sharma Khatiwada and Khem Lakai, a member of the Australian Embassy Business Advisory Group, about how they view the diplomatic relationship between the two countries.
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