Relationship dossier
Cambodia
Nepal
Relationship assessment
Cordial ties with practical cooperation on official consultations and travel
Cambodia toward Nepal
+25Nepalese President Bidhya Devi Bhandari visited Cambodia in 2019, and Nepal entered agreements with Cambodia on foreign-ministry consultations and visa exemptions for diplomatic and official passport holders.
Nepal toward Cambodia
+25Cambodia received Nepalese President Bidhya Devi Bhandari in 2019 and joined Nepal in agreements on foreign-ministry consultations and visa exemptions for diplomatic and official passport holders.
Overall relationship
+25The relationship features cordial high-level engagement and concrete agreements on official consultations and travel, without clear evidence of a broader or especially intensive bilateral partnership.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Cambodia and Nepal have maintained cordial relations, with a notable strengthening of official engagement during Nepalese President Bidhya Devi Bhandari’s 2019 visit to Cambodia. The visit was associated with agreements on foreign-ministry consultations and visa exemptions for diplomatic and official passport holders. These steps indicate practical but relatively limited bilateral cooperation.
Key developments
During Nepalese President Bidhya Devi Bhandari’s visit to Cambodia, the two governments agreed on a foreign-ministry consultation mechanism and visa exemptions for diplomatic and official passport holders.
Major uncertainties
- The implementation and subsequent use of the consultation mechanism and visa-exemption agreement are unclear.
- The extent of ongoing government cooperation beyond high-level visits and these agreements is uncertain.