Nepal eyes new era of bilateral relations with India

Nepal's Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal has said that they refuse to look at India through the distorted, hypersensitive lens of 20th-century geopolitics.

“Instead, the Rastriya Swatantra Party wants to shift the entire vocabulary of Nepal-India relations away from geopolitical friction and square it firmly on development and diplomacy,” Asia News International quoted him as saying.

“We look at India with an open heart, clear eyes, and a single transparent agenda: the economic transformation of Nepal. When we look across the border, we see a rising India, an India that has fundamentally and beautifully redefined itself on the global stage as a dynamic, fast-growing tech and economic powerhouse,” Shisir added.

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The Nepalese FM further said, “We want to engage with this India of intense aspiration, cutting-edge technology, and relentless execution. In turn, we bring the energy of aspiring Nepal. Our primary responsibility is to close the gap between old promises made on paper and the physical reality delivered on the ground, transitioning away from abstract political statements to deliver measurable, life-changing results."

"Yesterday, on June 6, I had detailed and productive bilateral talks with my counterpart, Dr S Jaishankar. Our discussions encompassed the full spectrum of our bilateral relationships, focusing on trade, cross-border connectivity, energy partnership, water resources management, and people-to-people ties. True independence means our shared borders act as highly efficient bridges, not frustrating barriers.  Rather than engaging in hyper-nationalistic grandstanding, we are pursuing calm, data-driven, and evidence-based discussion to resolve challenges in good faith," the FM concluded.