Why Connectivity Remains Central to India-Sri Lanka Ties
India has given insufficient weight to it in domestic policies and policy implementation.
A general view of Colombo Port City construction site, which is backed by Chinese investment, in Colombo, Sri Lanka August 23, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Dinuka Liyanawatte/File Photo
Connectivity is much talked about in the context of regional integration and bilateral relations. For example, India proposed it as the theme for the Fourteenth SAARC Summit held in New Delhi in 2007. But insufficient weight is given to it in domestic policies and policy implementation.
Trade and people-to-people contacts are the ultimate manifestations of connectivity between countries. But infrastructure is what makes them possible.
What the India-Nepal Peace treaty is, and why Nepal has problems with it
The treaty to strengthen and develop India-Nepal ties has been in question in Kathmandu over the years. A call to revise it was raised again earlier this month.
Nayanima Basu 24 January, 2021 5:27 pm IST Text Size:
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New Delhi: On 31 July 1950, India and Nepal signed a treaty of peace and friendship in an effort to “strengthen and develop these ties and to perpetuate peace between the two countries”. Over seven decades later, clamour is now growing louder in Nepal to “revise” the pact to reflect “new changes and realities”.