The United States has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening its partnership with the Government of Nepal. In response to inquiries from ApEx, a State Department spokesperson stated, “While programs that do not align with American interests have been terminated, the United States remains committed to strengthening its partnership with the Government of Nepal.” Building on...
The government has started the ground work to expedite projects under the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) by allocating necessary funds in the annual budget for the next fiscal year. At a time when the temporary suspension of US funding has cast uncertainty over the successful implementation of projects under the MCC Compact in Nepal, the...
Tourism entrepreneurs in Pokhara are proving to be rather enterprising. With the government failing to attract international flights to the new airport in Nepal’s tourism capital, they have taken it upon themselves to bring the facility into use, starting with charter flights. The Pokhara Tourism Council, an umbrella organisation of tourism entrepreneurs, has partnered with...
Tourism entrepreneurs of Pokhara and Chengdu city of Sichuan Province of China have concluded business partnership (Business to Business) and ‘Sales Mission’. Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) organized the B2B and Sales Mission programme between tourism entrepreneurs of Chengdu and Pokhara – who reached the Chinese province through the first commercial chartered flight from Pokhara International...
The commercial charter flight has been operated from Pokhara International Airport to Chengdu in Sichuan Province of China for the first time. Two years after the inauguration of the airport, the first commercial charter flight took place from Pokhara to Chengdu on Tuesday. The first-ever Pokhara-Chengdu commercial flight was operated under the leadership of Pokhara...
Minister for Foreign Affairs Arzu Rana Deuba sought US assistance for release of Bipin Joshi held captive by Hamas during her meeting with Ricky Gill, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and Senior Director for South and Central Asian Affairs at the National Security Council, in New Delhi on Tuesday. The meeting...
Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba, held bilateral talks with India’s External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar, on Tuesday in New Delhi. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the Raisina Dialogue, organised by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs. According to Deuba’s secretariat, the discussions covered the longstanding Nepal-India relationship, mutual concerns, and areas of...
Nepal’s Foreign Minister, Arzu Rana Deuba, announced on Monday that Nepal is focusing on strengthening its ties with India by boosting trade and working together on global issues. “We are focussing on closer relationships, vis a vis trade, especially energy trade and trade of our goods and maybe legalising our borders and working together on...
Water diplomacy plays a crucial role in India’s regional strategy, balancing cooperative agreements with its strategic interests. Given its geographical position as an upper and lower riparian state in different river systems, India has developed multiple treaties to manage transboundary water resources with neighbouring countries. This article explores India’s key water-sharing treaties and how they...
A delegation of the Nepali Congress party recently visited the Sanxingdui Museum in Guanghan, Sichuan province, where its members were impressed by the innovative use of advanced technologies for preservation and presentation. In the museum’s interactive experience hall, they found themselves immersed in the ancient Shu civilization centering on present-day Sichuan. Donning the traditional attire,...