KATHMANDU: The meeting of the Council of Ministers today decided to recommend the appointment of Nepali ambassadors to 13 countries and send it to the Federal Parliament for parliamentary hearing.

Dr. Nischal Nath Pandey for India, Dr. Kalyan Raj Sharma for the United States, Chiran Jung Thapa for the United States, Gaurav Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana for the United Kingdom, Saru Joshi for Germany, Suresh Kumar Karna for Israel, Prapti Sherchan for Spain, Jigyan Kumar Thapa for Japan, Dr. Padmakshi Rana for Malaysia, Prof. Madhuri Dixit for South Korea. Dr. Sangam Shrestha for Sri Lanka, Dr. Manchala Jha and Giri Bahadur Sunar for Saudi Arabia have been recommended for the post of ambassadors.

Similarly, the meeting of the Council of Ministers has decided to approve the Nepal Citizenship (Fifth Amendment) Regulations, 2083. Similarly, the Government of Nepal (Division of Work) Regulations, 2083 have been amended to bring the Nepal Meteorological Department, which was under the Ministry of Agriculture, Forest and Environment, under the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation.

The meeting also decided to appoint Dirghayu Kumar Shrestha to the vacant Executive Director of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) and promote Joint Secretary Rudra Singh Tamang to the post of Gazetted Special Class Secretary.