Nepal groups support China on border standoff

Two organizations in Nepal have expressed support for China’s stance on the Doklam region as the military standoff between China and India in the region approaches two months.

The Nepal- China Mutual Cooperation Society and the Greater Nepal Nationalist Front issued statements to Nepal media to support China and ask India to withdraw its troops from the Doklam region.

Prem Sagar Poudel, chairman of Nepal- China Mutual Cooperation Society, said in a statement on July 28 that “we totally support China’s stance and sincerely ask India to respect China’s territorial integrity and sovereignty. We agree with China’s request to India to withdraw its troops from the Doklam region.”

The statement was published in the Saurya Daily on Wednesday.

“The Nepal- China Mutual Cooperation Society will stand with the Chinese government and its people on respecting its territorial integrity and sovereignty,” the statement said.

The statement also said that “the Nepalese in the Indian Army should not attack People’s Liberation Army troops and the Chinese people. If confirmed, we are strongly against it and would ask the Nepal government to withdraw these soldiers,” read the statement.

Phanindra Nepal, president of the Greater Nepal Nationalist Front, said in a statement that “the Front believes that India has no right to dictate Bhutan’s foreign policy, an independent country, at the risk of undermining ties between Bhutan and India. India should let Bhutan deal directly with China.”