{"id":27521,"date":"2018-10-23T14:33:16","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T09:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=27521"},"modified":"2018-10-23T14:33:16","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T09:03:16","slug":"nepal-reset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/nepal-reset\/","title":{"rendered":"Nepal reset"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nepal reset<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

News<\/b>:<\/span><\/p>\n

1.Nepal decided to stay away from multilateral Military Exercise (MILEX – 2018) proposed during BIMSTEC Summit.<\/span><\/p>\n

Important Facts:<\/b>
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2.Multilateral exercise was proposed by Indian PM during BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) summit in Kathmandu last month.<\/span>
\n<\/span>3.Nepal\u2019s denial to participate in MILEX signals its reluctance , towards its \u00a0security role as decided during BIMSTEC summit.<\/span><\/p>\n

4.India has raised the concern after Nepal gave assent to participate in a 12-day long exercise with China scheduled this month.<\/span>
\n<\/span>5.It has been argued, the response provided by India during adoption of New Nepali constitution and supporting Madhesi demand, provided an edge to China over India.<\/span>
\n<\/span>6.India has done exceptionally well on foreign policy front despite having issues with economic policies.<\/span>
\n<\/span>7.However, this could be an opportunity for China to increase its footprint in Nepal in its economic sphere.<\/span>
\n<\/span>8.Beijing may \u00a0also offer the big projects that India wouldn\u2019t be able to match.<\/span>
\n<\/span>9.<\/span>What India needs to do<\/span>:<\/span>
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