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A Chinese vice premier is scheduled to visit Nepal on Monday amid the China-India standoff in Doklam, with experts saying both countries may be trying to resolve the standoff through back channels.
Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang on Sunday left for Pakistan and Nepal to attend events to mark the 70th anniversary of Pakistani independence, and is scheduled to arrive in Nepal on Monday.
Wang Yang is expected to call on Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari and Prime Minister Bahadur Deuba on Wednesday. Deuba will visit India on August 23.
"China and Nepal are neighbors with a friendship that has been enjoying a steady momentum," Hua Chunying, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, told the Global Times on Monday.
"The vice premier's visit at such a sensitive time is meant to remind India not to go too far," Hu Zhiyong, a research fellow at the Institute of International Relations of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, told the Global Times.
It shows Sino-Pakistani friendship is unbreakable, and that China also has a great relationship with Nepal, Hu said.
Nepal Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Krishna Bahadur Mahara said Nepal "will not take sides in the ongoing Sikkim standoff between India and China," the Times of India reported.
Nepal wants India and China to use "peaceful diplomatic means" to resolve the issue, Mahara said, according to the report.
China and Pakistan on Sunday promised to deepen their pragmatic cooperation in various fields during a meeting between Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Wang Yang, Xinhua reported.
Noting that China and Pakistan are "iron friends" and all-weather strategic partners who understand and support each other, Wang Yang said Chinese President Xi Jinping's successful visit to Pakistan in 2015 has ushered in a new chapter in relations between the two countries.
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1061283.shtml
Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang on Sunday left for Pakistan and Nepal to attend events to mark the 70th anniversary of Pakistani independence, and is scheduled to arrive in Nepal on Monday.
Wang Yang is expected to call on Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari and Prime Minister Bahadur Deuba on Wednesday. Deuba will visit India on August 23.
"China and Nepal are neighbors with a friendship that has been enjoying a steady momentum," Hua Chunying, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, told the Global Times on Monday.
"The vice premier's visit at such a sensitive time is meant to remind India not to go too far," Hu Zhiyong, a research fellow at the Institute of International Relations of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, told the Global Times.
It shows Sino-Pakistani friendship is unbreakable, and that China also has a great relationship with Nepal, Hu said.
Nepal Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Krishna Bahadur Mahara said Nepal "will not take sides in the ongoing Sikkim standoff between India and China," the Times of India reported.
Nepal wants India and China to use "peaceful diplomatic means" to resolve the issue, Mahara said, according to the report.
China and Pakistan on Sunday promised to deepen their pragmatic cooperation in various fields during a meeting between Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Wang Yang, Xinhua reported.
Noting that China and Pakistan are "iron friends" and all-weather strategic partners who understand and support each other, Wang Yang said Chinese President Xi Jinping's successful visit to Pakistan in 2015 has ushered in a new chapter in relations between the two countries.
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1061283.shtml
