What is behind China’s growing post-Covid engagements with Nepal?
The Chinese side is worried third parties may derail bilateral relations, according to leaders and experts.
The Chinese side is worried third parties may derail bilateral relations, according to leaders and experts.
The regional body has failed to hold regular summits after 2016. The Afghan situation further complicates the picture.
Results so far suggest neither the ruling coalition nor the Unified Marxist–Leninist partners will win a simple majority in Parliament.
Thapa’s claim for the top executive post will definitely make the incumbent prime minister and the party president uncomfortable.
Officials preparing an integrated security plan said intra-party and inter-party rifts were bigger challenges, as compared to armed groups in previous years.
Officials preparing an integrated security plan said intra-party and inter-party rifts pose more of a threat than armed groups.
This new grant is additional to the grant announced by the Chinese President Xi Jinping to Nepal in October, 2019.
Chinese Foreign Minister and State Councilor Wang Yi is expected to make a trip to Kathmandu on March 26, though no official announcement has been made yet.
Foreign Ministry officials say Kathmandu’s position will be in line with its statement opposing Moscow’s invasion of its neighbour.