Nepal and Zambia established diplomatic relations on 10 September 1986. The embassy of Nepal in Pretoria, South Africa, is concurrently accredited to Zambia while the Embassy of Zambia in New Delhi is concurrently accredited to Nepal.
King Mahendra visited Zambia to attend the Third NAM Summit on 8-10 September 1970.
Both Nepal and Zambia are members of the UN, NAM, G-77, and WTO. Both the countries are least developed (LDC) and landlocked (LLDC) and they share similar views on many agendas of global development cooperation and partnership.
Both the countries have been contributing to UN peacekeeping operations. As of November 2017, Nepal has contributed 5353 troops and Zambia has contributed 1128 troops to various UN peacekeeping missions.
However, there is a negligible share in bilateral trade between Nepal and Zambia. The data shows:
Year | Export (NRs) | Import (NRs) |
2014 | 12,465 | 50,191 |
2015 | 189,952 | 10,000 |
2016 | 59,918 | NA |