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Major Achievements of HE Ambassador Dr. Anjan Shakya Major Achievements of H. E. Ambassador Dr. Anjan Shakya (till date): High Level Visits: • Israel visit of Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation of Nepal Mr. Yogesh Bhattarai (10-13 February, 2020) From Left: Ms. Nurit Koren, Member of Knesset, H.E. Ambassador Dr. Shakya, Hon'ble Minister Mr. Bhattarai, H.E. Mr. Yariv Levin, Minister of Tourism of Israel , Official, Ministry of Tourism , Israel • Historical Cyprus visit of Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation of Nepal Mr. Yogesh Bhattarai (14-15 February, 2020) {Embassy of Nepal is also accredited to the Republic of Cyprus} Hon'ble Minister Mr. Bhattarai and H.E. Ambassador Dr. Shakya with H.E. Demetris Hon' ble Minister Mr. Bhattarai Syllouris, President of House of with H.E. Demetris Syllouris Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus • Israel Visit of Minister of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation of Nepal Ms. Padma Aryal (July16-21, 2019) Hon'ble Minister Ms. Aryal & H.E. ambassador Dr. Shakya with Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of the State of Israel Mr. Uri Ariel • Israel Visit of Chief Secretary of Nepal Mr. Lok Darshan Regmi (13-15 May, 2019) Chief Secretary Mr. Regmi and H.E. Ambassador Dr. Shakya with Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of the State of Israel Mr. Uri Ariel and Mr. Yakov Poleg, Director General, CINADCO (Second from left) & Mr. Daniel, Deputy DG, CINADCO • Israel Visit of Auditor General of Nepal Mr. Tanka Mani Sharma (13 March, 2019) From Left: Auditor General Mr. Sharma, H.E. Ambassador Dr. Shakya, Attache' Mr. Pradeep Sagar Giri & Joint Secretary Mr. Damodar Pudasaini • Israel Visit of Minister of Agriculture of Province No. 4 of Nepal Mr. Lekh Bahadur Thapa (November, 2019) Hon'ble Minister Mr. Thapa (Front Row: in the middle) and H. E. Ambassador Dr. Shakya with Nepali students studying in AICAT, an agricultural center in Arava, Israel • Nepal visit of Ambassador Gil Haskel, Head of MASHAV, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel (8-12 December, 2019) From Left: H.E. Ambassador of Israel to Nepal Mr. Benny Omer, H.E. Mr. Gil Haskel, Rt. Hon'ble Prime Minister of Nepal Mr. K P Sharma Oli, H.E. Ambassador Dr. Anjan Shakya & Hon'ble Dr. Ajaya Kranti Shakya, Member of Parliament, Bagmati From Left: H.E. Ambassador Mr. Omer, H.E. Mr. Gil From left: Mr. Tal Shvartzman, DCM, Israeli Haskel, Hon'ble Minister of Energy of Nepal Mr. Embassy, H.E. Ambassador Mr. Omer, H.E. Mr. Gil Barshaman Pun, H.E. Ambassador Dr. Shakya & Mr. Haskel, Hon'ble Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nepal Suresh Adhikari, Under Secretary, MoFa, Nepal Mr. Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, Mr. Harishchandra Ghimire, Joint Secretatry, MoFA & H.E. Ambassador Dr. Shakya • Israel Visit of Former Minister Mr. Kamal Prasad Chaulagain (Oct 23, 2019) Mr. Chaulagain (in the Middle), H.E. Ambassador Dr. Shakya(Second from left)& Ms. Adina Gottseman (Second from right), First Hon. Consul of Nepal in Israel From Left: Deputy Chief of Mission Ms. Astha Subba, H.E. Ambassador Dr. Shakya, Mr.Chaulagain & Mr. Hannan Goder, Former Ambassador of Israel to Nepal (After a meeting in MFA, Israel) Mr. Chaulagain & H.E. Ambassador Dr. Shakya with H.E. Mr. Gil Haskel, Head of MASHAV in MFA Israel after a meeting • Israel visit of Hon'ble Deputy Health Minister Mr. Surendra Kumar Yadav (2019 August 15) Hon'ble Dep. Minister of Health Mr. Yadav Hon'ble Dep. Minister Mr. Yadav and team visiting Tel Hashomer hospital of Israel in a meeting with Israeli Doctors held in Nepal Embassy, Tel Aviv Ambassador Dr. Shakya and DCM Ms. Subba Ambassador Dr. Shakya with Mr. Hari Pal, with Senior Professors and Lecturers of DIG, Nepal Police (September, 2019) Physics who came to Israel to participate in Physics Olympiad Ambassador Dr. Shakya and Hon'ble Dr. Aja ya Kranti Shakya (Sixth from right), Parliament Member of Bagmati Province, with Mayors, Deputy Mayors and other personnel from different municipalities of Nepal (26 -28 February 2019) Meetings: • Meeting with the President of the State of Israel H. E. Reuven Rivlin (February 14, 2019) Presentation of Credentials Ceremony • Meeting with President of House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus H.E. Mr. Demetris Syllouris, July 02, 2019 Presentation of Credentials Ceremony • Meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus Mr. Nikos Christodoulides (July 2019) • Meeting with the Minister of Tourism of the State of Israel Mr. Yariv Levin (2019 December) • Meeting with Minister of Environment Protection of the State of Israel Mr. Zeev Elkin (28 January 2020) • Meeting with former Minister of Labor, Social Affairs and Social Service of the State of Israel Mr. Haim Katz (July 2019) H.E. Ambassador Dr. Shakya & H.E. Mr. Katz with Hon'ble Minister of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation of Nepal Ms. Padma Aryal • Meeting with former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of the State of Israel Mr. Uri Ariel (July 2019) H.E. Ambassador Dr. Shakya & H.E. Mr. Ariel with Hon'ble Minister of Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation of Nepal Ms. Padma Aryal • Meeting with Minister of Construction and Housing of the State of Israel Ms. Yifat Shasha-Biton (3 October, 2019) • Meeting with Minister of Agriculture of the State of Israel Mr. Tzachi Hanegbi (2020 February 13) H.E. Ambassador Dr. Shakya & H.E. Mr. Hanegbi with Hon'ble Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation of Nepal Mr. Yogesh Bhattarai among others • Meeting with Minister of Economy of the State of Israel Mr. Eli Cohen (Feb 13,2020) H.E. Ambassador Dr. Shakya & H.E. Mr. Cohen with Hon'ble Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation of Nepal Mr. Yogesh Bhattarai among others • Meeting with Minister of Social Equality of the State of Israel Ms. Gila Gamliel (6 February, 2020) From Left: Mr. Arjun Ghimire, Deputy Chief of Mission, H.E. Ambassador Dr. Shakya, H.E. Ms. Gamliel & Mr. Nir Grossman, PR Officer • Meeting with Minister of Labor and Social Insurance of Republic of Cyprus Ms. Zeta Emilianidou (July 2019) From Left: Mr. Christos Malikkides, Permanent Secretary, H.E. Ms. Emilianidou , Minister of Labour, H.E. Ambassador Dr. Shakya, DCM Ms. Astha Subaa &Dr. Ram Jiwan Panjiyar, Hon. Consul of Nepal in Cyprus • Meeting with Deputy Minister of Tourism of Republic of Cyprus Mr. Savvas Perdios (February 14, 2019) From Left: H.E. Mr Savvas Perdios, Hon'ble Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation of Nepal Mr. Yogesh Bhattarai ,H.E. Ambassador Dr. Shakya & DCM Mr. Arjun Ghimire • Meeting with High Level Officials of the Government of the State of Israel including Director General, Mayors, Professors, Doctors, CEOs and Chairman of several companies, Journalists, among others Dr. Shakya with Mr. Yuval Rotem , DG, MFA, Israel (April 2019) Dr. Shakya with Mr. Tzachi Braverman, Cabinet Secretary of the State of Israel (Second from Left) (February 2020) Dr. Shakya with Mr. Amir Halevi, DG, Ministry of Tourism, Israel (December, 2019) H.E. Ambassador Dr. Shakya with H.E. Ambassador Shakya with H.E. Ambassador Dr. Shakya with Mr. Tasos A. Tzionis, Permanent Mr. Yannis Michaelides, Head of Mr. Nicos P. Nicoalous, Head of Department for Consular Affairs Secretary of MFA, Republic of Department of Asia and Oceania (July 2019) Cyprus at a private ceremony (July 2019) H.E. Ambassador Dr. Shakya wit h H.E. Ambassador Mr. Gilad Cohen and H.E. Ambassador H.E. Mr. Yaron Mayer H.E. Ambassador Dr. Shakya with H.E. Mr. Gil Haskel, Head of MASHAV From Left: Uri Resnick , Prof . Shlomo Yosef , Head of PIBA, H.E. Dr. Shakya & Mr. Eyal Siso, Deputy Director, Consular Divison, MFA,Israel (14 August 2019) H. E. Ambassador Dr. Shakya with Prof . Yosef H.E. Ambassador Dr. Shakya & Thai Ambassador (Left) with H.E. Mr. Moshe Kahlon, Finance Minister H.E. Ambassador Dr. Shakya & Thai Ambassador of Israel (11 March 2020) (Right) with H.E. Mr. Amir Ohana, Justice Minister of Israel (11 March 2020) H.E. Ambassador Dr. Shakya with Ms. H.E. Ambassador Dr. Shakya with Mr. Tzipi Hotovely, Deputy Minister of Foreign Michael Oren, Deputy Minister, Prime Affairs of Israel (September 2019) Minister's Office, Israel (2019 July 17) H.E. Ambasador Dr. Shakya in a meeting with H.E. Mr. Benny Gantz among other Ambassadors from Asia Pacific region to Israel (23 July 2019) H.E. Ambassador Dr. Shakya with H.E. Mr. Benny Gantz, (23 July 2019) H.E. Ambassador Dr. Shakya with Ms. Gadeer Kamal, Member of Knesset (Israeli Parliament) (23 July 2019) H.E. Ambassador Dr. Shakya in Knesset (2019 October 03) H.E. Ambassador Dr . Shakya with H.E. Mr. Avigdor Liberman, Defence Minister of Israel (2019 October 03) In a program organized by IWC Meeting With Mr. Aria Sharon, Mayor of Alona Municipality(1 January 2020) Meeting with representatives of Chamber of commerce of Cyprus (February 14, 2020) H.E. Ambassador with female Ambassadors H.E. Ambassador in diplomatic community H.E. Ambassador with Srilankan Ambassadors H.E. Ambassador with Mr. Chhiring, Indian DCM With various ambassadors from Asia Pacific region to the H.E. Ambassador with state of Israel in various H.E. Ambassador with Thai Ambassador meetings and programs Indian Ambassador H.E. Ambassador Dr. shakya with her friends from diplomatic community & International women's Club of Israel H.E. Ambassador Dr. Shakya with H.E. Mr. Yitzhak Yalden, President, Ambassadors club of Israel(in the middle) With various ambassadors from all over the globe to the state of Israel in various meetings and programs Visit in several hospitals and meeting with Doctors and health professionals Meeting with the Doctors of Hadassah Hospital H.E.
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