by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 22, 2023With just one month to go for Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s scheduled visit to China, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is working to finalise the visit’s agenda in coordination with various government agencies. Dahal is scheduled to visit China straight from New York on September 22 after addressing the 78th session of the United Nations general assembly. The prime minister is scheduled to address the…
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by Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 20, 2023Nepal is preparing to propose two-cross border transmission line projects with China during Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s planned visit to the northern neighbour, officials at the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation said. Dahal’s scheduled visit to China in the third week of September will coincide with his proposed visits to the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Addressing the 38th anniversary…
by Shi Jiangtao in SCMP, Aug 20, 2023The withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan in the summer of 2021 continues to be seen as a “black mark” on Joe Biden’s presidency – a chaotic and deadly exit that left the war-torn country in a security vacuum as the Taliban swiftly advanced on Kabul. Two years on, Afghans are still struggling under one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, with most international aid, including from the…
by Kelum Bandara in Daily Mirror, Aug 19, 2023In rescheduling Sri Lanka’s external debts, China, as the single largest bilateral creditor, is likely to have its own ‘debt management’ criterion for Sri Lanka instead of having a common mechanism with other creditors, a top source said. Sri Lanka is currently in the process of restructuring its debts in keeping with programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). India, France and Japan have formed a common…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post,August 18, 2023Nepal and China are set to resume bilateral military and defence engagements that were stalled due to the Covid pandemic. This includes suspended ministry exercise between Nepali and Chinese People’s Liberation Army, other military training like the national defence course in China and other engagements. This was agreed between the two armies during the ongoing visit to Nepal by Yue Ande, the major general of the Tibet…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, August 16, 2023As the Taliban marked the two-year anniversary of its rule, a spokesperson for China’s foreign ministry explicitly labelled the fall of Kabul as a military and political “failure” of the United States. Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, August 15, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said that Afghanistan has been stable for two years, and the future of this country is now back in the…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, Aug 16, 2023Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal will be leaving Kathmandu to participate in the 78th United Nations General Assembly on September 16. The event is taking place in New York, from where Dahal will on September 22 embark on a visit to China. At the Nepal government’s request, the United Nations headquarters has rescheduled the prime minister’s address, pulling it a day ahead, after it clashed with the date…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, Aug 11, 2023Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, during a meeting with outgoing Chinese Ambassador Wang Yu in Kabul, expressed appreciation for China’s constructive foreign policy towards Afghanistan over the past two years. Abdul Qahar Balkhi, the spokesperson for the foreign ministry, said on Friday that the discussion primarily revolved around the Afghanistan-China relations throughout the preceding two years. Meanwhile, the deliberations encompassed China’s investments in Afghanistan and…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post,Aug 4, 2023US Ambassador Dean Thompson is learnt to have met Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Thursday. One of the envoy’s motives for the meeting was to confirm whether the prime minister would attend the upcoming 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, according to sources at the prime minister’s private secretariat. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has no information about the meeting. According…
report in ProthomAlo, Aug 3, 2023During a trip to China, leaders of three left-leaning parties, allies of ruling Awami League-led 14-party alliance, expressed their expectation to get Chinese backing to maintain continuity of the government of Sheikh Hasina. In response, the Chinese authorities said they have full support to maintain development spree and stability in Bangladesh. They do not like the interference of the Western counties in the internal affairs, like elections, in Bangladesh. This…
report in The Daily Star, Aug 2, 2023China hopes that its military will strengthen cooperation and deepen friendship with Bangladesh armed forces for maintaining world peace. “Guided by the consensus reached by top leaders of China and Bangladesh, both militaries will continually strengthen solidarity and cooperation on the basis of the already fruitful results,” said a Chinese embassy statement marking the 96th founding anniversary of People’s Liberation Army of China. The Chinese embassy in Dhaka…