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Issuing a strong-worded statement on Thursday, the French Embassy refuted the comments of some officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) in the media that the "diplomatic silence" on the part of France regarding the appointment of Surendra Karki (Ram Karki), a Maoist politburo member, as the Nepalese ambassador to France, should be construed as rejection.

"This Embassy has been quite surprised to find out some comments on several media regarding the silence of France on the agreement of Mr. Surendra Karki as future Ambassador of Nepal to France," the statement read, "The comments made by some Foreign Ministry officials 'In Diplomatic practice, we have to wait for three months after sending the agreemo. If we don't receive agreemo within that period, the 'diplomatic silence' tell us the appointments are effectively rejected'."

The erstwhile Maoist-led government had named Karki as the ambassador to France on March 18.

The French embassy further said, "This situation is flatly incorrect and we have to deny this assertion in the case of France. The Embassy of France in Nepal had, indeed, communicated on 1st of June 2009 through a Note verbal no° 368/MAE to the Ministry of Foreign Affaires that France has given the agreement to the appointment of Mr. Surendra Kumar KARKI (Ram Karki) as an Ambassador of Nepal to France."

"Mr. Karki is very welcome in France unless the Nepalese government decides to take back its previous appointment, for which a diplomatic process has to be followed," the embassy stated, adding that France regrets the absence of Nepalese Ambassador in France since three years and that such a situation affects the international and bilateral relation between our two countries.

"Moreover, the supposed silence from France should not be used as a pretext of a refusal from France." nepalnews.com

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<< Begin < Prev 1 2 3 Next > End >> << Begin < Prev 1 2 3 Next > End >> milan dhoj  - Nepali ambador to India   |113.199.178.xxx |2009-07-17 07:25:19 I think U donot know any of the ambador who represent Nepal in different countries,that's why u donot know about ram karki.Can u tell me in Detail about the present ambador to India? milan dhoj  - no any ambador had two party ideology   |113.199.178.xxx |2009-07-17 07:19:01 every ambsador from nepal is having either of one ideology,so what is the problem if Ram karki(Parth chhetri)is from maoist school of thought?Is he going to harm Nepal as an ambador,NO,definetly NOOOOOOOOOO. khagendra  - MAOIST ARE NOT FROM MARS   |202.79.40.xxx |2009-07-17 05:29:50 It indicates about the atude of corporate media and beaurocracy to the maoist.Maoist are not alien,they have emerged from our own soil and they do the politics for nepal.Lets not make the double standard for them.we have seen the works of diplomat from others party too and what kind of result they have brought for the country.Maoist are not tested in this arena and after all ram karki is intellectual,able and has proved himself in international affairs. rima   |117.88.254.xxx |2009-07-17 04:45:02 a party cadre cant do well if he be nominated as an ambador though he is TU or JNU graduate. he cant handle the things but one thing he can pollute the europen enviroment by instilling out dated maoist ideogy in france tht what the communists want. rima  - agrimo of nepalese ambador   |117.88.254.xxx |2009-07-17 04:40:47 a man with one party ideology should not be nominated to represent state. i dont like this idea to select party cadre as an ambador. This is the msoist led goverments idea to send its party cadre to france so that he can lunch maoist ideology campaign in Europe..bull.. Sayep Malla  - Why, why, why, my Delialah?   |113.199.157.xxx |2009-07-17 04:04:58 Why was MOFA staying put when the acceptance of Mr Ram Karki as ambador to France was communicated by French Emby on June 1, 2009 itself. Kapil KC  - shameless officials   |202.79.40.xxx |2009-07-17 03:51:51 These shameless MoFA officials are just bastards who speak in media without any basis. The govt officials have to get permission from the higher authorities to talk in public media on such official and policy matters. Maybe these MoFA officials are the Mafia working against the former government. Those who talked baseless things like that should be punished. It is clear from the report from French emby that this is just ridiculus thing to talk this way, not observing the diplomatic norms. nabin rana  - learn first   |202.79.40.xxx |2009-07-17 03:32:16 By the way where do you reside mr ekalbya? If you are not aware about the life in Nepal you just learn it first before talking about others. Ram Karki is University graduate from TU and JNU. aa  - please give some references   |219.110.1.xxx |2009-07-17 02:44:50 Could you please give some references ? Like what university, what year, his homepage, his books names, his previous experiences etc. People used to say EARTH IS FLAT!! We need some proofs, references before we believe what you say. Anonymous  - Nepal's diplomacy   |202.79.40.xxx |2009-07-17 02:37:35 It is nice Powered by !JoomlaComment 3.26

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