The Embassy Organizes ‘Nepal-Switzerland Friendship: Mountains and Peoples’ programme in Bern, Switzerland
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The Embassy Organizes ‘Nepal-Switzerland Friendship: Mountains and Peoples’ programme in Bern, Switzerland
To celebrate 70 years of Nepal-Switzerland Friendship, the Embassy organized the programme ‘Nepal-Switzerland Friendship: Mountains and Peoples’ on the occasion of the Mt. Everest Day, in collaboration with the NRNA-Switzerland, in Bern today.
His Excellency Ambassador Mr. Ram Prasad Subedi highlighted the excellent bilateral relations between Nepal and Switzerland since last 70 years, built on shared context of mountains and deep connections between the two peoples. Ambassador Mr. Subedi invited the participants to visit Nepal for lifetime experiences of nature, culture and adventure.
The Head of the Asia and the Americas Division of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), His Excellency Ambassador Mr. Arno Wicki highlighted the strong people-to-people ties, similar mountain ecosystems of Nepal and Switzerland and a long tradition of cooperation and partnership between the two countries.
The video message by Hon’ble Foreign Minister Mr. Shisir Khanal themed ‘Sagarmatha, the Highest Peak of the World: Identity and Pride of Nepal’ was played at the program together with a promotional video highlighting the Mt. Everest and touristic attractions of Nepal at the program.
On the occasion, Nepali and Swiss mountaineers Mrs. Susmita Maskey Niraula and Ms. Julia Hamilton, development workers Mr. Dieter Elmer & Mrs. Subha Elmer Lama, and a friend of Nepal Mr. Jean Denis Jaquet were felicitated, who shared their Nepal stories at the programme.
The program proved effective to celebrate the 70 years of Nepal-Switzerland friendship as well as observe the International Mt. Everest Day.
Over 100 participants comprising the representatives from the Government of Switzerland, Ambassadors, and diplomats, Nepali and Swiss mountaineers, friends of Nepal and members of Nepali community in Switzerland participated in the event.
Geneva
30 May 2026
