Indonesia–Nepal relations Bir Bikram Shah Dev representing the President of Indonesia. Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala visited Indonesia in 1992 to attend the 10th NAM summit. The then King Gyanendra and Queen Komal visited Indonesia on April 20–23, 2005, to attend the Asian-African Summit in Jakarta. Honourable Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. Narayan Kaji Shreshta 'Prakash' visited Indonesia from 6 to 10 November 2012 to participate in the Bali Democracy Forum V, 2012. Indonesia has been providing scholarship to Nepalese student in various fields. Due to the similarity of culture and tourist interest, Indonesia proposes for a sister
Hinduism in Indonesia discrimination and persecution by local officials as these Hindus were considered as those who had left Islam, the majority religion. However, the central government of Indonesia supported the Hindus. In the 1960s, Hinduism was an umbrella also used by Indonesians whose faith was Buddhism and Confucianism, but when neither of these two were officially recognized. Furthermore, Hindu political activists of Indonesia worked to protect people of those faiths under rights they had gained at the Indonesian Ministry of Religion. To gain official acceptance and their rights in a Muslim-dominated country, Hinduism in Indonesia was politically forced to adapt. Currently Hindu