Kathmandu, July 3
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said on Sunday that Nepal was yet to send the decision of the government not to participate in the State Partnership Programme (SPP) of the United States of America (USA).
According to Sewa Lamsal, Spokesperson for
the MoFA, the ministry has received the decision on the SPP, and is currently
studying the decision of the government.
She maintained that since the earlier
correspondences were not made by the ministry, it is gathering information and
studying the matter. We need to understand the matter before we send the
decision to the USA, she said.
The Nepali Army had requested the USA
through the Embassy of the latter in Kathmandu in 2015 and 2017, and Nepal was
included in the programme in 2019. However, owing to the recent protests
against the programme, the government has decided to inform the USA that it
would not participate in it.
About a couple of weeks ago, International
Relations Committee of the House of Representatives had directed the government
of Nepal to inform the US government about Nepal’s non-engagement in the
programme.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 4 July 2022.
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