Relationship dossier
Nepal
Philippines
Relationship assessment
Diplomatic ties with a narrow visa-waiver arrangement for official travel
Nepal toward Philippines
+10Nepal concluded a visa-waiver arrangement with the Philippines for holders of diplomatic and official passports, facilitating official travel.
Philippines toward Nepal
+10The Philippines concluded a visa-waiver arrangement with Nepal for holders of diplomatic and official passports, facilitating official travel.
Overall relationship
+10The relationship includes diplomatic engagement and a concrete but narrowly scoped arrangement facilitating official travel. The extent of broader bilateral cooperation is unclear.
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
Nepal and the Philippines have maintained diplomatic relations and concluded a visa-waiver arrangement for holders of diplomatic and official passports. This provides a concrete, though narrow, basis for bilateral cooperation. The scope and implementation of broader government-to-government cooperation are unclear.
Key developments
Nepal and the Philippines concluded a visa-waiver arrangement for holders of diplomatic and official passports.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of broader bilateral agreements are unclear.
- Details of recent government cooperation beyond the diplomatic and official passport visa waiver are limited.