Monday, December 30, 2019

‘MCC insespensible for Nepal’s physical infrastructure development’

 Kathmandu, 31 December : Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali has said that the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) compact agreement signed by the government of Nepal with the US government should not be described in a critical framework.
Talking to media men,  Minister Gyawali said that MCC was supportive to translate our national aspirations of ‘Prosperous Nepal, Happy Nepali’ adding that some light comments to be made without the objective analysis of the MCC projects and their contributions to Nepal’s infrastructure development and prosperity would affect the nation’s broader interests. He expressed confident that the Winter Session of the Parliament would endorse the MCC as it has been already registered there.
He said that Nepal government was committed to troubleshoot the border dispute with India through diplomatic channel. He added preparations were ongoing to hold talks with India over the same issue, as response of Nepal’s diplomatic note has been received from India. He declined to share the contents . “Its contents cannot be made public. We will have formal dialogue at the earliest,” he shared.
People’s News Monitoring Service

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