Nepal is positive about being part of State Partnership Program under Indo-Pacific Strategy, minister tells visiting US official
Kathmandu, Dec. 6 -- A government minister has positively responded to the United States' State Partnership Program under the Indo-Pacific Strategy at a time when Kathmandu has been rejecting any role and engagement in the US-led policy that encompasses cooperation in areas of trade, energy, infrastructure, commerce and connectivity.
During a meeting with visiting US Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Randall Schriver on Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Ishwar Pokhrel said Nepal was positively considering becoming part of the SPP under the Indo-Pacific Strategy.
In the first week of June, the US Department of Defense released an Indo-Pacific Strategy report that categorically mention...
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