Visiting US general urges Nepal to join State Partnership Program, promises aid

Prime Minister Deuba and Nepal Army chief Sharma want political consensus before Nepal joins the program, a component of the Indo-Pacific Strategy, officials say.

Amid speculations in political circles that visiting Commanding General of the US Army Pacific Charles Flynn could urge Nepal to become part of the US- initiated State Partnership Program (SPP), a component of the Indo-Pacific Strategy, the issue did figure in his meetings with Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and Nepal Army chief General Prabhu Ram Sharma, according to top government sources.