NEW DELHI: The shock dissolution of Nepal’s House of Representatives with elections scheduled for April-May 2021 has underscored the bitter struggle for power between Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Prachanda. The view in Kathmandu is one of foreboding with warnings of prolonged instability. “It’s an unpopular move. After three decades of instability, the Nepalese […]Read More
NEW DELHI: After the diplomatic and military outreach to Nepal has come the political outreach. On Thursday, Vijay Chauthaiwale who heads the foreign affairs department of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) called on Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli and the newly minted finance minister Bishnu Poudel in Kathmandu. This outreach is significant not merely […]Read More
NEW DELHI: “In my meetings here in Kathmandu, with the President and the Prime Minister of Nepal, the Foreign Minister, and my counterpart, the Foreign Secretary, and other dignitaries and officials, I have been left with no doubt that our countries are on the same page and share the same vision.” India’s foreign secretary Harsh […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India’s Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla appeared to have struck all the right notes in Kathmandu, describing Nepal as “nikatam mitr” or close friend in initial remarks at the airport. As the day unfolded, protocol was brushed aside as Shringla called on Nepal’s Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, for a one-on-one that included a […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Winds of change in the India-Nepal relationship? That remains to be seen, but the visit later this week of India’s Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla to Kathmandu suggests a determination to address the bumps in the relationship. The most recent bump of course, is the bitter border dispute over Nepal’s claims to the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India’s Army Chief General MM Naravane is an unlikely candidate to repair the recently strained India-Nepal relations but his three-day visit to Kathmandu beginning today might just be the opening that both sides have been looking for to mend ties after months of bickering and bitterness. Traditionally, all Indian Army Chiefs are conferred […]Read More
NEW DELHI: When chiefs of intelligence agencies travel, whether in the country or outside, it’s rarely known and therefore rarely reported upon. Which is why the visit of Samanta Goel, chief of India’s external espionage outfit RAW (Research and Analysis Wing), to Nepal is odd. According to the respected Kathmandu based English language paper My […]Read More
NEW DELHI: China’s border issues with India have tended to obscure its territorial claims in other parts of this region. Nepal has seen a sudden surge in anti-China sentiment amid reports of Beijing taking over Nepali territory in a remote border district. It hasn’t helped that Nepal’s ruling communist party has been quick to give […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India doesn’t appear inclined for talks with Nepal on the Kalapani territorial dispute. A senior Indian official in Delhi told StratNews Global, “It’s not going to happen in the near future. It’s doubtful if these talks will be held.” Nepal’s Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has been seeking foreign secretary level talks on […]Read More
NEW DELHI: What prompted Nepal’s foreign minister Pradeep Gyawali to say recently that the tripartite agreement of 1947, which allows his country’s Gorkhas to serve in the Indian army, has become “redundant”? And that Nepal would instead like to have separate bilateral pacts with India and the UK—the other two signatories to the agreement. Gyawali’s […]Read More
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