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Amid hiccups in Indo-Nepal ties over the Madhesi issue, Nepal’s Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is set to embark on his maiden China visit soon, ignoring the usual practice of visiting India first by a new premier.”PM Oli will visit China in the beginning of the New Year 2016 during which many agreements will be signed,” Deputy Prime Minister Kamal Thapa said.Thapa, who returned to Kathmandu after concluding his week-long China visit, said the schedule has been finalised for Oli’s visit amid the political crisis over Madhesis.Madhesis, who share strong cultural and family bonds with Indians, have imposed a general strike in much of southern Nepal, causing a shortage of fuel and other essential goods.

The proposed China visit of Oli, who took over as prime minister in October, is in marked contrast to the usual practice the new prime ministers of Nepal follow. Most of the Nepalese premiers have visited India, ahead of China.Only Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ had rubbed India the wrong way when he chose China as the first destination of his foreign visit after taking over as Nepal’s prime minister and attended the Beijing Olympics 2008.

India has been rather cold to Prachanda over the years and sees him as someone keen on pushing Nepal closer to China.Talking to reporters at the Tribuvan International Airport here, Thapa said a formal agreement to import fuel from China will be signed during Oli’s visit.China, meanwhile, has agreed to provide 1.4 million litres of fuel worth 10 million yuan to Nepal to meet its emergency needs, Thapa said adding that the fuel would be a grant.Nepal Oil Corporation transported the fuel from Kerung of Tibet, The Kathmandu Post reported.Earlier in October, China had provided 1.3 million litres of petrol to Nepal to cope with the severe fuel crisis due to the Madhesi blockade on Indo-Nepal border points over the new Constitution.

Madhesi leaders have submitted an 11-point demand to the Nepal government to end their protests launched in August over “discriminatory” nature of the Constitution.Their demands included re-demarcation of the provinces, fixing of electoral constituencies on the basis of population and proportional representation. Nepal has already signed an MoU with Petro China to import all kinds of fuel, ending Indian Oil Corporation’s long-held monopoly on the Nepalese fuel market. Nepal has been buying over $ 1.3 billion of gasoline from Indian Oil annually.

Thapa said his visit to China strengthened bilateral ties.Moreover, it helped prepare a long-term framework for economic ties.He said tax, transport and prices for “long-term fuel trade” will be decided after discussions between concerned bodies of both countries.He said Nepal and China forged consensus to go ahead after carrying out detailed study to promote open and free trade, to augment the transit treaty and increase investment.

Thapa said that they forged consensus on gradually resuming the nine border points with China and also discussed road and air connectivity and infrastructure development.He said during the discussions, Nepal would also initiate preliminary works of constructing railway on its territory in the context of China’s plan to expand its railway up to the Nepal-China border.Thapa said he met Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao and high-level officials of Sichuan province, during which the provincial officials expressed desire to invest in hydropower.
 
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Their country, their wish, If its good for them let them do it, why should India worry, if after visiting China they think that their problem with madeshis will be resolved then it is also good for them, we want our borders to be nusence free, and Nepal should stop concessions and subsidies, now as China has taken over their welfare they should stop complaining about India.
 
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Good going Nepal. China is the future and the region understands this very clearly.
 
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I'm tired of the Nepalese people blaming India for everything . Even their PM is doing that openly . I truly believe it's for the Nepalese to decide their fate and when the time comes accept them . If they try any steps that are detrimental to India they'll face serious repercussion .
 
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I'm tired of the Nepalese people blaming India for everything . Even their PM is doing that openly . I truly believe it's for the Nepalese to decide their fate and when the time comes accept them . If they try any steps that are detrimental to India they'll face serious repercussion .

What exactly do you mean by serious repercussions?

I think the Nepalese have made it abundantly clear they have better and wiser choices at disposal. The same applies to many other actors within the region.
 
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What exactly do you mean by serious repercussions?

I think the Nepalese have made it abundantly clear they have better and wiser choices at disposal. The same applies to many other actors within the region.

That'll depend on how much they are willing to play this game with us.

Firstly a change in regime will be on card , if they can't explain themselves to New Delhi. They have got some serious explanation to do. Regardless of what you read in major news outlets we have serious influence in Nepal.

Nepal is just too dependant on India. Doing business with China is just economically unviable.

We will wait and see what Nepal does. We won't show any knee jerk reactions. Things will get better when the BBIN transport treaty is sign.
 
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Looks like Nepalese dont mind being another Tibet
 
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Their country, their wish, If its good for them let them do it, why should India worry, if after visiting China they think that their problem with madeshis will be resolved then it is also good for them, we want our borders to be nusence free, and Nepal should stop concessions and subsidies, now as China has taken over their welfare they should stop complaining about India.
Nepal has history of playing India-China card, nothing surprising
 
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Nepal has history of playing India-China card, nothing surprising
But Nepali politicians are making these gimmicks to threaten india , and people of nepal are also loosing India's sympathy and brotherhood.
 
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as long as we have control over southern Nepal, everything is alright for us :D
 
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It is always important to avoid putting everything in one basket.
 
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What exactly do you mean by serious repercussions?

I think the Nepalese have made it abundantly clear they have better and wiser choices at disposal. The same applies to many other actors within the region.

Compromise with Madhesis at lower end. Regime change at the moderate level & Crimea like takeover at the extreme end.

Nepal without its southern plains (Terai/Madhesh region) is an unviable state & Madhesi population is solidly with India.

India holds all the cards. Nepal can twitch but it cannot move.
 
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