Barely a week after a delegation from Yunnan Province of China left the country, another Chinese contingent is currently in Lumbini. Shi Yugang, deputy secretary of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China Yunnan Provincial Committee, recently wrapped up his Nepal visit after meeting Vice President Ramsahaya Prasad Yadav and some ministers. The...
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that the Indian side has expressed its unwillingness to buy electricity from hydropower projects built in Nepal with direct investments from China. Addressing a meeting of the parliamentary committee on Law, Justice and Human Rights Committee at Singha Durbar on Wednesday, Prime Minister Dahal said that this matter...
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Sunday said Nepal and China are close neighbours and reliable friends. “Our relations stand on the solid foundation of the ‘Five Principles of Peaceful Co-existence’. We understand each other’s aspirations and sensitivities and extend support to each other in times of need in the spirit of true friendship,” said...
काठमाडौँ — नेपाल–भारत संयुक्त आयोगको सातौं बैठकमा सहभागी हुन आएकै दिन चिनियाँ नेतालाई पनि बोलाएको भन्दै भारतका विदेशमन्त्री एस. जयशंकरले नेपाली पक्षसमक्ष खुलेरै असन्तुष्टि जनाए । जयशंकर काठमाडौं आएकै दिन गएको बिहीबार दिउँसो चीनबाट युनान प्रान्तका चिनियाँ कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (सीपीसी) का डेपुटी सेक्रेटरी सी युगाङ पनि नेपालको चारदिने भ्रमणका लागि काठमाडौं उत्रिएका थिए । बाक्लिँदै...
काठमाडौं- तिब्बतको माब्जा जाङ्बो र नेपालमा कर्णाली नदी भनेर चिनिने नदीले लाखौं नेपालीको जीवनरेखा हो । तर नदीको माथिल्लो भागमा चीनको महत्वाकांक्षी बाँध परियोजनाका कारण करोडौं नेपालीको भविष्य जोखिममा परेको छ । भूउपग्रहबाट खिचिएको तस्बिरहरूले मे २०२१ बाट माब्जा जाङ्बोमा नेपालबाट मात्र १६ किलोमिटर उत्तरमा निर्माण गतिविधिहरू सुरू भएको देखाएको छ । बाँधबारे पूर्ण विवरणहरू...
2023 has been an interesting time for Nepali diplomacy. After the end of the Covid pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine war raged. Global affairs have been more troubled with the addition of the Israel-Hamas conflict. As Nepalis have been directly involved in both theatres, Nepal’s foreign outreach is strained. Nepal has much to do to secure the...
Amid a geopolitical flux, the Chinese side is pushing for Nepal to welcome the Global Security Initiative (GSI) and its Global Civilisational Initiative (GCI) and has sought increased cooperation on the new twin initiatives. The Chinese side aims to formalise this position in a joint communique likely to be released after the delegation-level talks between...
द्विपक्षीय सम्बन्धका लिखित दस्तावेजमा पछि मात्रै उल्लेख गरिए पनि अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय मञ्च र सार्वजनिक माध्यममा नेपालले दौत्य सम्बन्धको आरम्भदेखि नै एक चीनको मान्यता स्विकार्दै आएको छ। प्रधानमन्त्री पुष्पकमल दाहालको चीन भ्रमणका क्रममा जारी संयुक्त वक्तव्यको एउटा बुँदाले वैदेशिक मामिलामा रुचि राख्ने नेपालीबीच बहस सिर्जना गरेको छ। त्यो हो, नेपालले अपनाउँदै आएको ‘एक चीन’ नीतिमा परिवर्तन। संयुक्त वक्तव्यमा सधैं...
Nepal on Tuesday appeared to reject calls from China to join President Xi Jinping’s Global Security Initiative (GSI), but agreed to take forward ambitious cross-border connectivity projects during the visit of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda to Beijing. A lengthy joint statement released by the two sides outlined a number of border infrastructure projects,...