Nepal should not be ‘fighting ring’ for geopolitical games: Chinese Ambassador Hou Yanqi

“Nepal should become a ‘demonstration garden’ for friendly cooperation among countries, not a ‘fighting ring’ for geopolitical games.”

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Kathmandu: Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Hou Yanqi has said Nepal should not be a ‘fighting ring’ for geopolitical games.

“Nepal should become a ‘demonstration garden’ for friendly cooperation among countries, not a ‘fighting ring’ for geopolitical games,” she said in an interview with Global Times.

Ambassador Hou added the two countries have always respected each other’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

“Nepal is China’s good neighbor and good friend. The two countries have always respected each other’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, not interfering in each other’s internal affairs, while watching over each other and sharing a common destiny, setting a model for countries big and small to treat each other as equals and to cooperate for win-win results,” she said.

The envoy stated that Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to Nepal fully reflects the importance and support China attaches to Nepal.

“This visit has consolidated the traditional friendship between China and Nepal, enhanced mutual understanding, deepened strategic mutual trust, clarified key cooperation directions and important areas, effectively promoted the implementation of the consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, and promoted the bilateral relations and pragmatic cooperation in various fields into a new level,” Ambassador Hou said in the interview.