Story highlights That is why we are strengthening our relations with our neighbouring countries, but we never compare our relations, he said.
Nepal Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali on Friday said the country has maintained good relations with India and China and ensured its soil is not misused for illegitimate interests of any neighbouring country. What I can just say is that Nepal has always maintained good relations with our both neighbours. We never compare our relations with our friends. We have ensured that our soil won’t be misused for the illegitimate interest of any neighbouring country, he said at an event organised by Indian Council of World Affairs.
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The sixth edition of the India-Nepal Joint Commission was held in in-person in New Delhi on January 15, with the Indian side being led by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and the Nepalese delegation headed by Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali. The meeting marks a significant improvement in relations between the two countries which, last year, inched towards the rock bottom following territorial claims and counterclaims by both sides.
It also takes place amid considerable political turmoil in Kathmandu as infighting within the ruling Nepal Communist Party led Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli’s government to recommend the dissolution of Nepal. The Himalayan country is scheduled to hold fresh elections in April and May this year.
NEW DELHI: British Prime Minister Edward Heath said on Monday [Jan 12] that it is a mistake to try to isolate Communist China and urged that Peking be admitted to the United Nations.
“Isolation, whether in the case of China or in other cases, can strengthen hostility and prejudice,” Mr Heath said in a speech to the Indian Council of World Affairs. “It is by contact and discussion that minds can meet. In our view, Peking should occupy the China seat in the United Nations. The longer the Peking Government remains outside the United Nations, the more difficult it will be to solve the pressing problems which confront us,” Mr Heath said. Agencies