International Affairs
Foreign Relations
Nepal's foreign policy principles, regional memberships, bilateral ties, and multilateral engagements.
Nepal maintains bilateral diplomatic relations with over 170 countries. Key relationships span South Asia, East Asia, Europe, the Americas and the Gulf.
India
Closest neighbour; wide-ranging relations in trade, connectivity, water resources and people-to-people ties.
China
Strategic partnership covering BRI connectivity, trade, investment and people-to-people exchanges.
USA
Long-standing development partnership; MCC Compact, USAID programmes, and security cooperation.
UK
Historic ties through Gurkha recruitment, development assistance and democratic governance support.
Japan
Japan is Nepal's largest development assistance partner; infrastructure and human resource development.
Germany
Bilateral development cooperation in education, health, forestry and vocational training.
South Korea
EPS labour migration programme; growing trade, investment and educational ties.
Saudi Arabia
Major destination for Nepali workers; bilateral agreements on labour rights and remittances.
For bilateral agreement details, visit the Policies → Agreements section.