Wednesday, February 24, 2016

‘Nepal-India ties will be normal once we get fuel whenever we need it’

Deep Kumar Upadhyay is Nepal’s ambassador to India. In his term in office, Upadhyay, witnessed both the high (Modi’s visit to Nepal) and low (Indian blockade) in Indo-Nepal relations. Onlinekhabar’s Chiranjibi Paudel  talked to Upadhyay at his office in New Delhi about Prime Minister KP Oli’s visit and Nepal-India relations in general. Translated excerpts:

The Indian government has said it gives the utmost importance to Nepal’s Prime Minister’s visit. What is the reason behind this? We should not be skeptical about everything. India still has goodwill for Nepal. It is under pressure to improve relations with Nepal. This (the importance) is also the President’s (Mukherjee’s) wish. The President is sad that our relations have deteriorated. I believe that India wants to begin afresh. Nepal was the only neighbouring country with which India did not have any problems. Recent turn of events have made the Indian people feel for Nepal, and the Indian government has also taken note of this. 

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