KATHMANDU: The Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee (PHSC) on Tuesday carried out hearing on five ambassador nominees. The  hearing on 22 ambassador nominees began today.

The PHSC carried out hearing on nomination of Sewa Lamsal Adhikari, Tara Prasad Pokharel, Prakash Kumar Subedi, Dr Durga Bahadur Subedi and Rishiram Ghimire. All are Joint-Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The government had recommended Lamsal as the Ambassador for Pakistan, Tara Prakash Pokharel for Brazil, Subedi for the United Nations Office in Vienna, Dr Subedi for the UK and Ghimire for Russia.

Presenting their agendas in course of hearing, the proposed ambassadors expressed commitment to further strengthening and expanding bilateral relations between Nepal and the host countries, emphasising on economic diplomacy.

Hearing on the remaining three proposed ambassadors from the foreign affairs service will be carried out on Wednesday morning.

The government had recommended 22 ambassadors and chiefs of mission including eight from foreign affairs service and the remaining from various backgrounds.