Nepal–Russia relations

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Nepal–Russia relations
Map indicating locations of Nepal and Russia

Nepal

Russia

Nepal–Russia relations (

bilateral relations between Russia and Nepal
.

Background

Nepal and the

sugar mill, a cigarette factory, and assistance in conducting prospecting works for the construction of a highway), and on free aid to Nepal for the construction of a hospital. In 1964, the Soviet Union and Nepal signed an agreement on free aid for the construction of an agricultural machinery
plant.

Post-Soviet era

Ganesh Prasad Timilsina with Vladimir Putin's close associate Vyacheslav Volodin in Moscow, Russia, 21 April 2023

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Nepal had extended full diplomatic recognition to the Russian Federation as its legal successor. Since then numerous bilateral meetings have taken place between both sides. Since 1992 numerous Nepalese students have gone to Russia for higher studies on a financial basis. In October 2005 the Foreign ministers of both countries met to discuss cooperation on a variety of issues including political, economic, military, educational, and cultural. Both countries maintain embassies in each other's capitals. Russia has an embassy in Kathmandu while Nepal has an embassy in Moscow.

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Diplomatic missions