Kathmandu [Nepal], November 14 – Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) chairperson Rabi Lamichhane has instructed a high-level party delegation visiting China to assure Chinese leaders that Nepal’s territory will not be used against China.
Lamichhane gave the instructions during a meeting with the delegation at his residence in Budhanilkantha on Saturday. The 30-member team led by General Secretary Bipin Kumar Acharya is scheduled to leave for China on Sunday at the invitation of the Chinese Communist Party (CPC).
According to a party official present at the meeting Lamichhane urged the delegation to convey RSP’s willingness to expand political, social and economic cooperation with China and build mutual trust between the two countries.
He also advised the team not to place China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on its formal agenda. If Chinese officials raise the issue, the delegation should convey that the party takes the initiative seriously and that its implementation should be discussed through high-level mechanisms involving both parties and governments.
Lamichhane also asked the delegation to study China’s development model, local governance, political training, disaster reconstruction experience and economic progress to identify areas from which Nepal could benefit.
The team was also instructed to explain RSP’s political background, objectives and social democratic ideology.
