Dr. Khatiwada clarified that there is no consensus on the news that Nepal has supported China's GSI and the propaganda is false.
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Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's economic and development advisor Dr. Yuvraj Khatiwada has clarified that there was no agreement on Nepal's support for China's Global Security Initiatives (GSI) in the bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Oli and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Dr. Khatiwada, the former finance minister who participated in the meeting, while talking to the President, clarified that the government of Nepal, which is committed to the Constitution of Nepal and non-aligned foreign policy, will not be a part of any country's security strategy. During the summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Plus, Prime Minister Oli and Chinese President Xi had a meeting in Tianjin, China on August 14. When asked about the statement that Nepal supported China's GSI in the press release issued by China after the
meeting, Dr. Khatiwada said, 'Prime Minister Oli's visit is for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Plus summit. Generally, no agreement and understanding is signed in the sideline talks of such conferences and has not been done. It is completely wrong to propagate that Nepal has become a party to GSI on a matter that is not agreed upon.'
Dr. Khatiwada informed that there was a discussion on the priority given by both sides for the implementation of agreements and agreements, including the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) between the two countries. During the visit, he urged those who made various comments by some media and social networks of Nepal to understand the reality and communicate only that GSI had been agreed upon.
According to Dr. Khatiwada, discussions were held on expanding the contact network between Nepal and China, industrial and infrastructure development, cooperation in the health sector, agriculture, trade, tourism, investment, science and technology, sports, natural disaster management, people-to-people relations between the two countries, and poverty alleviation. He said that China is always ready to help in economic and social transformation of Nepal.
During Prime Minister Oli's previous official visit to China, in the presence of his Chinese counterpart Li Qiang, an agreement was signed between Nepal and China on the construction of the Tokha-Chhare tunnel, the enhancement of Nepal-China trade and the export of buffalo meat to China.
