Kathmandu, April 2 -- The government is devising a long-term strategy to ensure the safety and security of Nepali nationals abroad amid the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran and escalating conflict in West Asia.

All these years, successive governments have adopted ad hoc measures to address such issues during crises without proper planning.

Lok Bahadur Poudel Chettri, head of the public diplomacy division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that, in addition to formulating long-term policies and strategies, the government is considering establishing an institutional mechanism that automatically activates when situations like the one in West Asia arise.

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