“Forewarned by India, Nepal steps back from China’s Belt and Road initiative”, Swarajyamag, June 28, 2024:
“Nepal has shied away from signing a plan to implement China’s ambitious Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) in the Himalayan nation.
Resisting immense pressure from Beijing, Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal refused to greenlight the signing during the just-concluded visit of the Chinese Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sun Weidong, to Kathmandu.
Signing the implementation plan would have paved the way for the implementation of nine mega and more than a dozen major BRI projects in Nepal. China and Nepal signed the BRI Framework Agreement in May 2017 and China proposed an implementation plan in early 2020, but Nepal did not agree to the plan…….”
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