Nepal and Gambia have established diplomatic relations.
An agreement on establishing diplomatic relations between the two nations was signed on Monday by Permanent Resident Representative of Nepal to the United Nations Amrit Bahadur Rai and Permanent Resident Representative of Gambia to the United Nations Lang Yabu at a program organized in New York.
With the establishment of diplomatic ties with Gambia, Nepal’s diplomatic journey that began in 1816 with establishing diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom has reached 170 among the 193 members in the United Nations,
Nepal joined the United Nations on 14 December 1955 whereas the African nation Gambia joined the United Nations in 1965.
The Gambia and Nepal are members of the Non-Aligned Movement.
Gambia is a small West African country, bounded by Senegal, with a narrow Atlantic coastline. It is a multiparty republican nation with English as the official language situated on the Atlantic coast and surrounded by the neighboring country of Senegal.
It occupies a long narrow strip of land that surrounds the Gambia River. The land is flat and is dominated by the river, which is navigable throughout the length of the country.
Banjul is the capital and the largest city in the Gambia.
One of Africa’s most densely populated countries, Gambia is also one of the least developed countries and has a low-income economy that is heavily dependent on peanuts (groundnut).