Nepal wants to develop friendly ties with neighbours: Oli

Kathmandu: Nepal wants to develop friendly ties with neighbouring countries on the basis of “equality and justice”, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli said Saturday while inaugurating a summit attended by countries in the Asia-Pacific region, including India.Kathmandu: Nepal wants to develop friendly ties with neighbouring countries on the basis of “equality and justice”, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli said Saturday while inaugurating a summit attended by countries in the Asia-Pacific region, including India. The Asia-Pacific Summit 2018 organised by the South Korea-based Universal Peace Federation and supported by the Government of Nepal will be attended by the leaders from the Asia-Pacific region, including India, Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Pakistan and Philippines. Climate change has emerged as a major threat to humanity and we need to forge cooperation and collaboration to fight it back, Oli said, while inaugurating the four-day summit on the theme “Addressing Critical Challenges of Our Time: Independence, Mutual Prosperity and Universal Values.” “Nepal wants to develop friendly relations with neighbouring countries on the basis of equality and justice,” said Oli and sought support and cooperation from friendly countries for establishing peace and stability and attaining prosperity. The biggest challenge of our time is essentially the threat of terrorism and climate challenge, former prime minister H D Deve Gowda said and pointed out that these two are “posing threat to humanity irrespective of national border, religion and gender.”  (PTI)