NEPALS EXPLICIT RECOGNITION OF TIBETS SOVEREIGNTY 

When Nepal applied to join the United Nations, it was required to submit proof that it was a sovereign state with the capacity to enter into relations with other states. Tibet Justice Center has made available a copy of Nepals application package of July 22, 1949.
(You can download the copy athttp://sites.google.com/site/legalmaterialsontibet/home/nepal-un-app  application clearly shows that Nepal considered Tibet a sovereign state.

On page 9, the application describes Nepals Diplomatic Relations. It states: 

The Diplomatic Relations of Nepal with the United Kingdom have already been described in paragraph 4(e) above. In addition, Nepal has established diplomatic relations with the following countries: 

(a) Tibet. In 1856 Nepal established a Legation at Lhasa, maintained representatives at Gyangtse, Kuti and Kerung. 


(b) France. 

(c) United States of America 

(d) India 

(e) Burma 

Nepal apparently considered its relations with the country of Tibet to be second in significance only to its relations with Britain, and even more significant than its relations with the USA or India. 

Nepals UN application also included a copy of the text of the 1856 peace treaty between Nepal.

This information was posted by Shanker Panday in Nepalnews.com

Very interesting document  but then I confess I am a history buff. Is  Bijay Shamsher, the DG of Foreign Affairs, who signed the letter Pashupati Shamsher's father? The document provides  insight into the thinking of the Nepalese establishment at the time and interestingly enough  much of the underlying premise of our foreign policy has remained steady over the last sixty years as it is not uncommon to hear some of the same points being made today when discussing India and China.

Regardless of who has been in power in Nepal, the country's stand on Tibet has been driven by realpolitik  rather than any moral or ethical imperative. When the Tibetans controlled Tibet, Nepal had to deal with them, and the country had good relations for the most part with the Dalai Lama's government in Lhasa. Now when the Chinese controll Tibet, we have to deal with Beijing and even though many in Nepal may personally sympathize  with their Tibetan friends and neigbhors,  Nepal can't afford to adopt a pro-independence policy and jeopardize relations with China - the stakes are too high for that. Same with India. When the British controlled India, we had to deal with pretentious hoity-toity Englishmen who thought they were a cut above us and to whom our elites kissed up to by co-opting some of their language, manners and culture. Now we have to deal with  snotty and arrogant South Block and RAW babus who seem to think the same way as their former colonizers and masters and to whom our current elites constantly kiss up :)

Thanks for sharing the link, hatterika