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Ban anti-China activities in Mustang: Chinese Ambassador

Telegraph Nepal

A general view of Mustang, the former Kingdom of Lo and now part of Nepal, in the north-east of that country, is culturally and historically very close to Tibet. In the 1960s and early ‘70s, Tibetan resistance fighters (predominantly the Khampas of Eastern Tibet), based their covert operation in Mustang, funded by the CIA, from where they conducted military raids into Tibet.Photographer unknown

Quo Guohang, Ambassador of China to Nepal, after he handed over a Bank Cheque worth 5.7 Million rupees to one of the schools in Jomsom of Mustang District said that “he hoped that the population in Mustang will not let anti-China activities take place in the area.”

Ambassador Guohang also said that China was totally committed to support Nepal in the future.

He also requested the security personnel and local administration officials in Mustang not to allow pro-Tibetan activities occur in the area that adjoined Tibet.

Does Ambassador Guohang mean that now it has become a compulsion for China to extend financial support to Nepal on a continuous basis much similar to what the Indian Ambassador does quite often?

Mustang district has also for long been the favourite destination of Ambassadors of US, some European countries and India.

Nevertheless, the Chinese envoy handed over the Cheque to Chief District Officer of Mustang, Mr Umesh Kumar Dhakal.

The amount is to be used for the construction of a two storey school building that will have a Library, Science Laboratory and air conditioned Computer Room.

The construction work will be completed in a year’s time, it has been reported.

Notably, compared to India’s annual financial support to Nepal worth US$ 250 million Chinese support stands at a meagre figure of US$ 21.9 million.

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