Nepal has not agreed on GSI, Foreign Secretary says

Kathmandu: The government has made it clear again that Nepal has not made any agreement on the China-proposed Global Security Initiative (GSI).

The government has urged one and all not to rely on the baseless news circulated stating Nepal’s agreement on the GSI following a bilateral meeting of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Chinese President Xi Jinping held on August 30 in China’s Tianjin city on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).

Talking briefly to the RSS, Foreign Secretary Amrit Bahadur Rai said, “The government is firmly committed to the nation’s non-aligned foreign policy. I urge all stakeholders not to make any comments without understanding such sensitive issues of the foreign policy.”

Foreign Secretary Rai stated that the issues of the Global Security Initiative and other aspects of bilateral, regional and international concerns were discussed during the meeting between PM Oli and President Xi in Tianjin.

Following Prime Minister Oli’s visit to China and his meeting with Chinese President Xi, the issue of Nepal’s ‘agreement’ on GSI was raised by the lawmakers in the House of Representatives (HoR) meeting on Wednesday.

The HoR Members called for information to the House regarding the claims made by China through a statement issued by its foreign ministry. Both ruling and opposition lawmakers insisted that the Prime Minister and the Foreign Ministry should respond before the house on this matter.