{"id":29312,"date":"2026-07-18T15:59:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T10:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=29312"},"modified":"2026-07-18T15:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T10:14:08","slug":"rsp-seeks-republican-ties-during-us-political-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=29312","title":{"rendered":"RSP seeks republican ties during US political meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dallas [Texas], July 18 – <\/strong>Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) leader Hikmat Jung Karki met Hayden Padgett, chairman of the Young Republicans in Dallas, Texas to discuss closer Nepal-US ties and the possibility of building formal political relations between their parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Padgett a prominent young Republican leader aligned with US President Donald Trump’s political movement met Karki during the latter’s visit to the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a statement issued after the meeting Karki outlined the RSP’s political vision and shared Nepal’s priorities for economic growth, foreign direct investment (FDI), private sector expansion, entrepreneurship and employment generation. He said Nepal and the US have maintained a long-standing and friendly relationship and expressed Nepal’s interest in further strengthening bilateral cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The discussion also focused on establishing party-to-party engagement between the Rastriya Swatantra Party and the Republican Party. Karki said he would consult the RSP leadership after returning to Nepal to explore the possibility of creating a formal and long-term institutional relationship between the two political parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both leaders exchanged views on expanding political dialogue and enhancing cooperation based on democratic values, mutual respect and shared interests, the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The meeting comes as Nepal’s political parties increasingly seek to broaden their international engagement alongside traditional government-to-government diplomacy. While Nepal and the US have maintained diplomatic relations for decades, direct institutional exchanges between political parties have remained limited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The statement did not disclose whether any future meetings or formal cooperation mechanisms have been scheduled. Both sides however expressed their commitment to continuing dialogue and exploring opportunities for closer political cooperation in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dallas [Texas], July 18 – Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) leader Hikmat Jung Karki met Hayden Padgett, chairman of the Young Republicans in Dallas, Texas to discuss closer Nepal-US ties and the possibility of building formal political relations between their parties. Padgett a prominent young Republican leader aligned with US President Donald Trump’s political movement met […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,21,10,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","category-diplomacy","category-international","category-nepal"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nRSP seeks republican ties during US political meeting - KathmanduPati<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=29312\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"RSP seeks republican ties during US political meeting - KathmanduPati\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dallas [Texas], July 18 – Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) leader Hikmat Jung Karki met Hayden Padgett, chairman of the Young Republicans in Dallas, Texas to discuss closer Nepal-US ties and the possibility of building formal political relations between their parties. Padgett a prominent young Republican leader aligned with US President Donald Trump’s political movement met […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=29312\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"KathmanduPati\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kathmandupatienglish\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-18T10:14:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-18T10:14:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-18-at-15.00.48.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1216\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"KathmanduPati\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"KathmanduPati\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=29312#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=29312\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"KathmanduPati\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bbe4e117cde7a3a56af3321608bf6b37\"},\"headline\":\"RSP seeks republican ties during US political meeting\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-18T10:14:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-18T10:14:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=29312\"},\"wordCount\":273,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=29312#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-18-at-15.00.48.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Breaking\",\"Diplomacy\",\"International\",\"Nepal\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=29312#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=29312\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=29312\",\"name\":\"RSP seeks republican ties during US political meeting - KathmanduPati\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=29312#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=29312#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-18-at-15.00.48.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-18T10:14:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-18T10:14:08+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=29312#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=29312\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=29312#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-18-at-15.00.48.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-18-at-15.00.48.jpeg\",\"width\":1216,\"height\":1600},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=29312#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"RSP seeks republican ties during US political meeting\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/\",\"name\":\"KathmanduPati\",\"description\":\"voice of a changing era\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"RB Media House Pvt. Ltd\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cropped-kp-icon.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cropped-kp-icon.jpg\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"RB Media House Pvt. Ltd\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kathmandupatienglish\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bbe4e117cde7a3a56af3321608bf6b37\",\"name\":\"KathmanduPati\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2699dbc3337f2585abec1155f4432d9c79967e6f836949fbd4e187c84bc3ebc8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2699dbc3337f2585abec1155f4432d9c79967e6f836949fbd4e187c84bc3ebc8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"KathmanduPati\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"RSP seeks republican ties during US political meeting - KathmanduPati","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=29312","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"RSP seeks republican ties during US political meeting - KathmanduPati","og_description":"Dallas [Texas], July 18 – Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) leader Hikmat Jung Karki met Hayden Padgett, chairman of the Young Republicans in Dallas, Texas to discuss closer Nepal-US ties and the possibility of building formal political relations between their parties. Padgett a prominent young Republican leader aligned with US President Donald Trump’s political movement met […]","og_url":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=29312","og_site_name":"KathmanduPati","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kathmandupatienglish","article_published_time":"2026-07-18T10:14:07+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-07-18T10:14:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1216,"height":1600,"url":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-18-at-15.00.48.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"KathmanduPati","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"KathmanduPati","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=29312#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=29312"},"author":{"name":"KathmanduPati","@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bbe4e117cde7a3a56af3321608bf6b37"},"headline":"RSP seeks republican ties during US political meeting","datePublished":"2026-07-18T10:14:07+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-18T10:14:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=29312"},"wordCount":273,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=29312#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-18-at-15.00.48.jpeg","articleSection":["Breaking","Diplomacy","International","Nepal"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=29312#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=29312","url":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=29312","name":"RSP seeks republican ties during US political meeting - KathmanduPati","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=29312#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=29312#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-18-at-15.00.48.jpeg","datePublished":"2026-07-18T10:14:07+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-18T10:14:08+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=29312#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=29312"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=29312#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-18-at-15.00.48.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-18-at-15.00.48.jpeg","width":1216,"height":1600},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=29312#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"RSP seeks republican ties during US political meeting"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/","name":"KathmanduPati","description":"voice of a changing era","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#organization","name":"RB Media House Pvt. Ltd","url":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cropped-kp-icon.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cropped-kp-icon.jpg","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"RB Media House Pvt. Ltd"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kathmandupatienglish"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bbe4e117cde7a3a56af3321608bf6b37","name":"KathmanduPati","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2699dbc3337f2585abec1155f4432d9c79967e6f836949fbd4e187c84bc3ebc8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2699dbc3337f2585abec1155f4432d9c79967e6f836949fbd4e187c84bc3ebc8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"KathmanduPati"},"url":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29312"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29314,"href":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29312\/revisions\/29314"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}