Foreign Minister Khanal Compares India, China Relations to Parents

Kathmandu. Foreign Minister Shishir Khanal has equated relations with India and China to the analogy of father and mother, stating that both countries are equally important for the small Himalayan nation of Nepal.

Speaking at the NDTV World India-Nepal Dialogue held in Kathmandu on Thursday, he clarified that he would not take the side of only one of the two large South Asian nations.