Kathmandu: The Parliamentary Hearing Committee (PHC) has decided to hold a consultation with the Foreign Ministry on the issue of inclusion provision regarding the recommendation of the proposed six ambassadors. The Committee took the decision to invite the Foreign Minister to the next meeting and to take information from him on the inclusion issue after carrying out a study on the complaints filed against the proposed Nepali ambassadors and representatives of diplomatic missions to different countries.

The government had proposed Lok Bahadur Thapa (Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations in New York), Ram Prasad Subedi (Switzerland), Sudhir Bhattarai (France), Ghanshyam Lamsal (Kuwait), Tej Bahadur Chhetri (United Arab Emirates) and Dhan Bahadur Oli (Thailand) as ambassador and sent their names to Parliamentary Hearing Committee for the hearing.

The Committee would acquire information about qualifications, mandates, concepts, and vision with the proposed ambassadors after taking information from the Foreign Minister. Earlier, the Committee had issued a 10-day notice to file a complaint, if there is any, regarding the appointment of ambassadors. A total of five complaints were filed and one of them was related to a question regarding the principle of inclusion in accordance with the spirit and sentiments of the Constitution. The members of the Committee suggested that information should be demanded from the concerned side over the question regarding the inclusion issue and it was necessary to stop the trend of blaming the proposed ambassadors in the name of complaint without any basis and evidence.

On the occasion, an understanding was reached among the members not to call the complainant who filed the complaint without having minimum basis and evidence.