Rae was the envoy to Kathmandu during the promulgation of the 2015 constitution and the subsequent blockade. In this conversation, Rae talks about the evolution of Nepal-India ties since the blockade, regional geopolitics, what the two countries get wrong about each other, how New Delhi views Nepali communist parties and the governments they lead, and...
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli returned home on December 5 after a four-day official visit to China. During the visit, the two countries signed the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Framework Cooperation agreement. The Post’s Thira Lal Bhusal sat down with Bishnu Rimal, chief advisor to the prime minister, who was one of the key interlocutors during the...
were both Prime Ministers. There is now opportunity to upgrade the relationship to ‘positive’ and ‘stable’ with Mr. Modi having reclaimed the top post a third time and as Mr. Oli too comes out on top, in a unique collaboration between his CPN-UML and the Nepali Congress. The bilateral turbulence started with adoption of the...
From “no loans but grants only,” Nepal finally settled for “aid assistance financing” as Nepali and Chinese officials on Wednesday inked a Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) cooperation framework deal in Beijing during Prime Minister K.P Sharma Oli’s four-day visit to China. The signing paves the way for advancing Chinese investment and cooperation in Nepal...
The recent upheaval in Nepal’s political landscape is a scenario not unfamiliar to New Delhi. Historically, India has engaged deeply with Nepal due to their shared borders, intertwined economic interests, and ethnic ties. Consequently, India has consistently monitored developments across the border to safeguard its strategic interests, particularly in the face of growing Chinese influence....
On July 29, China’s Ambassador to Nepal Chen Song publicly mocked Nepal’s efforts to locate two missing buses and their passengers following a landslide at Simaltal on the Narayanghat-Mugling road. His comments specifically targeted the Indian assistance to local rescue and search teams, ridiculing Nepal’s tendency to seek support from its southern neighbor. The ambassador’s...
चीनका लागि राजदूतमा नियुक्त कृष्णप्रसाद ओलीले नेपाल र चीन जोड्ने रेलमार्ग आफूले असम्भव नदेखेको भन्दै चीन, भारत र नेपाल तीनै देशलाई उक्त परियोजनाबाट लाभ पुग्ने बताएका छन्। आगामी डिसेम्बर महिना प्रधानमन्त्री केपी शर्मा ओलीको चीन भ्रमणको तयारी भइरहँदा राष्ट्रपति रामचन्द्र पौडेलले आइतवार ओलीलाई चीनका लागि नेपाली राजदूतमा नियुक्त गरेका थिए। नवनियुक्त राजदूत ओलीले राष्ट्रिय स्वाधीनता,...
Beijing, Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli will travel to China on Monday on a four-day visit during which the two sides were expected to discuss a new plan to revive the BRI projects, which failed to materialise even after seven years they were signed with much fanfare. Nepal PM Oli to embark on...
Kathmandu, Dec 6 (PTI) India should not object to the Belt and Road Initiative agreement signed by Nepal and China as New Delhi can benefit from the connectivity project, CPN (UML) Foreign Department chief Raghubir Mahaseth said on Friday. The much-awaited framework agreement on the multi-billion dollar Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was signed on...
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