Kathmandu, June 17 -- After a week-long tour of three European countries, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli returned home on Sunday with very little to show.

Analysts and foreign policy watchers had expected that Oli's visit to the United Kingdom and France, two countries that have long historical and diplomatic ties with Nepal, would result in agreements or at least firm commitments, but Oli returned empty-handed.

Two agreements with France--one regarding the establishment of a security printing press and the other about the launching of Nepal's own satellite with French assistance--were believed to be on the cards but neither materialised.

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