On 25 August 2021, Thailand hosted the 5th Thailand – Nepal Joint Commission (JC) Meeting via video conference co-chaired by H.E. Mr. Thani Thongphakdi, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Royal Thai Government, and H.E. Mr. Bharat Raj Paudyal, Foreign Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Nepal. Both led the respective delegations comprising of concerned agencies from Thailand and Nepal. At this occasion, H.E. Mr. Vosita Vorasaph, Ambassador of Thailand to Nepal and the Embassy’s staff also attended the event.  

The objective of the Meeting was to revitalize an important bilateral dialogue mechanism, taking in account that the 4th JC Meeting was held in 2004, as well as to maintain the dynamics of the Thailand-Nepal relations, including in monitoring, following up and pushing forward the bilateral cooperation to achieve tangible results. In the said Meeting, the two sides discussed various issues of cooperation, particularly in the areas of trade and investments, development, tourism and culture, education, as well as the cooperation in multilateral frameworks.