KP Oli At China-Nepal Conference

A two-day China Nepal Think Tank Conference 2017 began in Kathmandu on Tuesday.There was remarkable participation of prominent figures from the media, diplomacy, politics, trade and commerce and academia. Speakers, including former prime minister and CPN-UML Chair KP Sharma Oli, Rastriya Prajatantra Party Chair and former deputy prime minister Kamal Thapa, former minister and Naya Shakti Nepal leader Hisila Yami, Federal Socialist Forum leader Shivaji Yadav, Nepali Congress youth leader Guru Raj Ghimire, dwelt on various aspects of Nepal-China Most of the speakers noted that relations between Nepal and her northern neighbour have remained stable despite epoch-making political changes in Nepal. They expressed commitment to one-China policy. Like on many other occasions, they stressed the need to transform Nepal into a bridge between India and China and draw benefits by facilitating trade between the emerging superpower and hyperpower. At the programme, former DPM Kamal Thapa said Nepal-China relations were as old as history. He accused the present government of not showing seriousness towards implementation of agreements that Nepal and China had reached when KP Sharma Oli was prime minister. He stressed the need to develop trade and transit links between the two countries. Thapa pointed that Nepal can be a point through which China can connect with South Asia and beyond. -