Opinion – PM Shah’s Diplomatic Shift: Engaging India and China

Kathmandu, Aug 12: After initially preferring to meet foreign ambassadors collectively, Prime Minister Balendra Shah has now held separate one-on-one meetings with the ambassadors of Nepal’s two immediate neighbours, India and China.

On Monday, Shah met Indian Ambassador to Nepal Naveen Srivastava and Chinese Ambassador Zhang Maoming separately at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers in Singha Durbar. The meetings mark a notable shift in the prime minister’s approach to diplomatic engagement and could be seen as an indication of a more pragmatic phase in Nepal’s relations with its two major neighbours.