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China to sign new economic agreement with Nepal
Beijing News.Net
Monday 1st December, 2008 (IANS)
Close on the heels of Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's visit to Nepal, China is sending its Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi to Kathmandu Tuesday to bolster ties by signing a new agreement.
During his three-day visit, the Chinese minister will pay a courtesy call on Nepal republic's first President Ram Baran Yadav and hold formal talks with the nation's first Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' as well as Nepali foreign minister Upendra Yadav.
Nepal's foreign ministry said the two neighbours will also sign an economic and technical cooperation agreement, the details of which would be disclosed after the signing Wednesday.
Also likely are meetings with Nepal's major political parties, including the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist, the second biggest party in Prachanda's coalition government, and the newly elected constituent assembly members.
Yang's visit comes just five days after the Indian external affairs minister exited Nepal after 'fruitful talks' with the government.
China is building a civil servants' hospital for Nepal and has promised to build an Ayurvedic hospital-cum-research centre. Beijing has also pledged assistance to build infrastructure in Nepal, including roads, and is considering the possibility of extending its Tibet railway to the Nepal border.
Soon after coming to power, the Nepali premier as well as his defence and information and communications ministers visited Beijing, which resulted in China offering both civil and military assistance.
Yang's visit is also intended to extract from the Nepal government further commitment not to allow Tibetans to protest against Beijing on Nepali soil.
Since the Maoist government came to power in August, the continuous protests by Tibetans that began in March, have died down completely with Nepal beginning to scan the travel documents of Tibetans caught protesting and asking the UN agency for refugees to send back those without valid papers to the places they came from.
Though Beijing had allied with the anti-Maoist royal regime in the past and armed King Gyanendra's government to fight the communist insurgency, the Prachanda government does not hold it against the big neighbour and is endeavouring to improve Sino-Nepal ties.
India says it is not worried by the growing proximity between the two.
Getting close to a friend does not necessarily mean it has to be at the expense of another, Indian External Affairs Minister Mukherjee said while winding up his Nepal visit last week.
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Night Watcher
12-01-08, 04:14 PM |
China to sign new economic agreement with Nepal
Wish China bring a good deal for Nepal.
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Anonymous
12-01-08, 05:57 PM |
Light at the end of tunnel
Nepal has no oil, so probably its safe from big powers politic. But then Nepal should be careful about NGO and foreign government agents trying to use refugees to needle china for concession, sometime in the expense of innocent.
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eklabya
12-01-08, 11:52 PM |
Still keep a distance.
It’s still in our national interest not to be 100% fully dependent with China given long history of Chinese treahery,unloyalty and betrayal.The Chinese can be very unpridictable.
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Sagarmatha
12-02-08, 04:52 PM |
Nepal needs China to drive away southern vulture
Nepal needs Chinese friendship to drive away Indian vultures and they are most unwarranted friends for Nepal. However, we can only with them if we are capable ourselves. We are proving ourselves fools not understanding Indian intentions and fall prey for their vested interest and this is mostly due to our greedy, stupid and selfish leaders who do not care about our country, people but only their selfish ends.
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Anonymous
12-01-08, 06:06 PM |
Good for China & Nepal
This may help China assimilate all Chinese minorities, including Tibetans. Assimilating is the best way to ensure global security, take a cube from the US. It has for the most part assimilated everyone entering its borders, by law or by force. Tibetans in America has assimilated nicely as a minority, unfortunately, Tibetan culture & religion has not converted any whites.
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everest
12-02-08, 05:30 AM |
You all are fools.
At the end, nothing tangible will substantiate.
within 10 years nepalese government will be taken by bhaiyas from southern neighbor.
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