Consensus foreign policy: Desirable, but can parties have it?

A task force of the ruling alliance has called for a foreign policy based on consensus. It is possible if national interest is kept above petty party interests, experts say.

Seeking national consensus on Nepal’s foreign policy is one of the suggestions of a task force formed by the current ruling alliance, which was assigned to prepare the common minimum programme of the Sher Bahadur Deuba-led government.