Bharat says no, China sends arms to Nepal

[Guest guest]

Srinivasan Kalyanaraman <kalyan97@g...> wrote:

 

If this report is correct, this shows a myopic attitude of Bharat

and no

perspective of geopolitics. The maoist/naxal problem which is

intense in

Nepal will spill over into Bihar and other parts of Bharat. It is in

the

interests of Bharat to cultivate good and abiding relations with the

Hindu

Kingdom of Nepal and to help in the developmental projects of the

kingdom

with particular to the many ongoing hydro-electric projects along

the

Mahakali-Karnali-Sharada. The harnessing of these projects is also

critical

for Bharat to create an aqueduct across Yamuna to augment the water

resources available for northwestern Bharat.

 

Remember what Bharatiya government said when help was sought by

hindu in

Indonesia against terror? We are a secular nation and hence, can't

help the

hindu.

 

K.

**

*India says no, China sends arms to Nepal*

 

 

 

*Nepal** 18 trucks came with arms for RNA this week via Kodari*

 

*YUBARAJ GHIMIRE

<http://www.indianexpress.com/about/feedback.html?

url=http://indianexpress.com/full_story.php?

content_id=82694&title=India%20says%20no,%20China%20sends%20arms%

20to%20Nepal>

*

 

* *

 

Posted online: Saturday, November 26, 2005 at 0030 hours IST

 

*KATHMANDU**, NOV 25: *With an Indian embargo on arms supply in

place, King

Gyanendra's government has begun turning to China for weapons. At

least 18

trucks of unspecified arms and ammunition from China arrived in

Nepal this

week.

 

Eyewitness accounts said a huge force of the Royal Nepal Army

escorted 18

trucks—12 were spotted on Tuesday and another six on Wednesday—as

they

entered the kingdom via the Kodari Highway, the only road-link with

China.

RNA Brig Gen Deepak Gurung declined comment, neither confirming nor

denying

the reports.

 

The King's government has made it clear to India—it has been the

RNA's

traditional supplier—that Nepal will turn to other countries for

weapons if

the arms embargo, enforced after the King's takeover, is not lifted.

 

The arrival of Chinese arms means that Beijing has ignored moves by

US, EU

and India to bring pressure on the King by choking arms supplies.

These

countries have taken the stand that the weapons may be used against

pro-democracy forces.

 

Procurement of arms from China by Nepal in the mid-80s had infuriated

Indiawhich retaliated with an 18-month blockade that had fuelled

anti-King

sentiments, translating into a people's movement for democracy in

1990.

 

The Chinese decision to supply arms to Nepal follows a series of

high level

visits by officials to Beijing.

 

http://indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=82694

 

 

 

 

--- End forwarded message ---