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Bijay Damase
July 29: US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Donald Lu, arrived in Nepal on Thursday for a tow-day visit.
Lu is the first highly-ranked diplomat of the USA to visit Nepal five weeks after the Government of Nepal decided not to proceed ahead with the State Partnership Programme (SPP) of the USA.
Lu’s visit is considered to be ‘meaningful’ in this context.
The senior official of the USA visited Nepal via New Delhi at a time when Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba’s US visit has become uncertain.
Lu, who is in charge of the South and Central Asia Affairs, is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Narayan Khadka today (July 29).
Prime Minister Deuba was preparing to visit the USA between mid-July to the end of July but the visit was put on hold after the government decided not to move ahead with the SPP project. The USA is reportedly in favour of implementing the SPP in Nepal to counter the growing influence of China. It has been learnt that the USA is annoyed with Nepal’s decision not to forward the SPP.
Although the Council of Ministers had decided not to endorse the SPP, the government has not written any official letter to the US government in this regard.
It is believed that Lu will discuss this issue with PM Deuba as well as his stalled visit to the USA.
Meanwhile, the US embassy in Nepal has said that Lu is in a routine visit to this region. A statement issued by the US embassy says that Lu will be handing over the Award for Corporate Excellence Purnaa, a U.S. manufacturing company in Nepal that promotes ethical manufacturing by empowering traditionally marginalized people and survivors of exploitation. Assistant Secretary Lu will also meet with business, civil society, and government leaders during his two-day visit, the statement added.
Lu is the same official who had warned top leaders of Nepal in February that the US government will review its relation with Nepal of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is not endorsed by parliament. Prior to that, he had visited Nepal in November and set the deadline of February 8 for endorsing the MCC grant agreement.
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