Nepal Assures India

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India and Nepal share common religion and culture, two essential ingredients for any alliance. I hope Lord Buddha will give knowledge and wisdom to people of Nepal so that they will avoid falling into the trap of China the way Tibet fell.

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New Delhi (Sputnik) – President Bhandari’s visit is likely to strengthen the bilateral ties between India and Nepal which are far from smooth as some sections of the Nepalese people blame the Indian government for the prevailing political instability in the country.
The Nepalese President will be a guest of Indian President Pranab Mukherjee and will be staying in the Rashtrapati Bhavan. She is leading a 33-member delegation.

During her visit, President Bhandari will meet President Mukherjee, Vice-President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Home Minister Rajnath Singh. She will also visit the famous Jagannath Temple in Puri in the state of Odisha and Dwarka and Somnath temples in Gujarat.

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Nepal Assures India Bonhomie With China Reflects Only Commercial Interests

 

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Nepal scaled down drills with China

BEIJING: Nepal has scaled down the size of its first-ever military exercise with China after facing strong opposition from India, state-run Chinese media claimed today.

The 10-day joint military exercise, code-named 'Sagarmatha Friendship 2017', commenced in Nepal from April 16.

"It was said the two countries initially planned to hold a battalion-scale military exercises. However, facing a strong opposition from India, Nepal had to compress the size of the military exercise and change the venue to a military school," an article in the state-run Global Times said.

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Chinese official media has been expressing its frustration over the fall of pro-China Nepalese Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli who was replaced by Prachanda.

For China, the fall of the Oli regime was a big disappointment and a setback to its planned big push into Nepal through Tibet with rail and highway linkages to expand its influence in the landlocked country which was dependent on India for all its supplies, according to analysts.

Prachanda sought to improve ties with India much to the chagrin of Beijing.

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Nepal scaled down drills with China due to India: Chinese media - Times of India