Kathmandu, Nov. 4 -- A day after the Supreme Court issued an interim order to the government not to implement the decision to recall 11 ambassadors appointed by the previous government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday wrote to the envoys to return home by November 6.

On September 16, the Sushila Karki administration had recalled envoys from 11 countries and asked them to return by November 6. But the Supreme Court on Sunday, acting on a writ petition, issued an interim order to the government not to implement the recall decision.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lok Bahadur Paudel Kshetri confirmed to the Post that all 11 envoys have been asked in writing to return home Thursday, as decided earlier.

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