Naveen Srivastava, who heads the East Asia division within the external affairs ministry, is viewed as an skilled China hand
Naveen Srivastava. (TWITTER PHOTO)
NEW DELHI: India has formally proposed Naveen Srivastava as its fresh ambassador to Nepal earlier than Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s search recommendation from to the country in mid-May per chance perhaps well also, of us acquainted with the matter stated on Wednesday.
Srivastava, who heads the East Asia division within the external affairs ministry, has been playing a key role within the diplomatic and military talks with China to tackle the militia standoff along the Line of True Adjust (LAC) that began two years within the past. He’s decided to be triumphant Vinay Kwatra, who grew to change into international secretary this month, as the envoy to Nepal.
The Indian facet’s agreement, or the doc formally searching for Nepal’s concurrence for the posting of Srivastava, has been got by Nepal’s international ministry and is anticipated to be cleared quickly, of us acquainted with the matter in New Delhi and Kathmandu stated.
Srivastava currently heads the division within the ministry that deals with China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea and Mongolia, and is viewed as an skilled China hand. Besides leading the Indian facet at meetings of the Working Mechanism for Session and Coordination (WMCC) on border affairs, Srivastava has participated in meetings of the Indian and Chinese militia commanders to tackle the standoff on the LAC.
He has also served as the consul overall in Shanghai and his ride in going through China will most doubtless be an further help in Nepal, given Beijing’s efforts to widen its influence within the Himalayan country’s politics and financial system.
The Indian facet has proposed Srivastava as its subsequent envoy to Nepal days earlier than a deliberate search recommendation from by Modi to affix his Nepalese counterpart Sher Bahadur Deuba at Lumbini for celebrations marking Buddha Purnima, or the birth anniversary of the Buddha, on May per chance perhaps well also 16. The search recommendation from is but to be formally launched by India or Nepal.
Deuba made a three-day search recommendation from to India closing month, all the contrivance in which through which he held talks with PM Modi. This will most doubtless be Modi’s second international search recommendation from in May per chance perhaps well also, after a three-nation European tour.
The Indian chief’s search recommendation from to Nepal is anticipated to be transient and there are currently no plans for him to high-tail to Kathmandu. Every high ministers are expected to participate in ceremonies at Maya Devi Temple, an venerable shrine on the UNESCO world heritage position of Lumbini.
This will most doubtless be Modi’s first search recommendation from to Nepal all the contrivance in which through his second length of time, and likewise the most necessary since high-tail was disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic. He visited Nepal four instances all the contrivance in which through his first length of time.
India and Nepal are working to restore ties that had been hit by loads of controversies all the contrivance in which throughout the length of time of aged Nepalese high minister KP Sharma Oli, who was eliminated from his submit in a vote of no confidence closing twelve months.
Oli’s authorities had printed a brand fresh political procedure of Nepal in 2020 that incorporated the Indian territories of Limpiyadhura, Lipulekh and Kalapani, triggering a row that lasted loads of months. The prolong in affords of Made-in-India Covid-19 vaccines that Kathmandu had paid for had also irked the Nepalese facet.
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Rezaul H Laskar is the Remote places Affairs Editor at Hindustan Times. His interests encompass movies and song.
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