Kathmandu, Jul 12
The government of Nepal has sent a letter
to the government of India expressing concerns over the defamatory materials
featured in some Indian television channels and urged the latter to take steps
against those obscene materials.
It said that the materials were fake,
baseless and insensitive as well as abusive towards Nepal and its leadership
and intended to mislead and misinform while abusing the decorum of a civilised
society.
“The
government has requested New Delhi to immediately take steps against these
obscene materials about Nepal disseminated by the Indian media and make sure
that such materials do not find space in the media,” said a Ministry of Foreign
Affairs (MoFA) source to The Rising
Nepal.
Nepal has said in the letter that media
posture against a friendly neighbour and its leadership would hurt the feelings
of Nepali people and political leaders.
Stating that Nepal and India enjoy age-old
friendly bilateral relations with socio-cultural and people to people
connections, the government has made a note that such smearing campaigns would
only create bitterness in the relations and people between the two neighbours.
“The deep and multidimensional relations
are based on the principles of sovereign equality, friendship and
understanding, and mutual respect of each other’s interests and concerns,” a
MoFA official quoted the letter.
The letter maintains that the media had an
important role in advancing relations between the two countries at multiple
fronts and play a constructive role in transmitting right information and
shaping right perspectives.
The government said that the press freedom
should not cross the threshold of minimum decency and ethical redline. “The
abusive media contents are contrary to the declared pronouncements of the
leadership of the two countries to consolidate the solid foundation of
bilateral relations for the benefit of the people of the two countries in the
21st century,” the letter read.
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