Saptari: The government has recommended ambassadors for 11 countries, positions that have been lying vacant for a long time in some cases while others became vacant only recently or will be vacant soon.

According to the Cabinet sources, Nirmal Raj Kafle and Jeevan Prakash Shrestha, joint secretaries at the Foreign Ministry, have been recommended as envoys for Austria and Egypt respectively.

Former head of the Central Department of English of Tribhuvan University Krishna Chandra Sharma has been recommended for South Korea, a position that has been vacant for more than two years.

Sumnima Tuladhar, a noted child rights activist, has been recommended for Australia. She is the daughter of well-known human rights activist late Padma Ratna Tuladhar.

The government had recently recalled Mahesh Dahal after he served briefly in Australia as he was close to Pushpa Kamal Dahal, chair of Nepal Communist Party (Maoist Center).

Yubraj Karki, former minister for general administration and who has served in the foreign affairs department of the ruling party, has been recommended for Bahrain. Padam Sundas who is serving there after being appointed from the Maoist Center quota has almost completed his term.

Former mayor of Biratnagar Metropolitan City Ramesh Chandra Poudel has been recommended for Sri Lanka.