Kathmandu, February 8
The Nepal government has drafted its new foreign policy.
The High-level Foreign Policy Review Task Force formed to revise the existing policy submitted its report to Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, who also takes charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs currently, today.
According to the panel’s member Shreedhar Khatri, they have suggested that Nepal put its neighbours, India and China in particular, on the top of its priority list regarding foreign relationships.
The panel has also urged the government to keep constitutional provisions, guiding principles of the state and national interest at the centre of foreign policy.
The document categorically discusses political, military, economic and institutional dimensions of diplomatic affairs.
The government had formed the 16-member panel around nine months ago.
