India, Nepal must work for common benefit: Nembang

There have been ups and downs in India-Nepal ties but there is no option other than respecting each other's independence and work for common benefit, a senior CPN-UML leader said today.
Subash Nembang, the Former Speaker of Parliament, said Nepal is always in favour of maintaining harmonious relations with its neighbours India and China.
He was addressing a function organised here to release a book titled 'New Dimension in Nepal-India Relations'.
Nepal should always keep in centre point national sovereignty and integrity while maintaining equal relations with both the neighbours, he pointed out.
"Although there have been ups and downs in the relations between Nepal and India, there is no other option than respecting each other's independence and work for common benefit," he added.

Nepalese leaders have played active part in the movement launched for the independence of India under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi and likewise India has always extended support to Nepal's democratic movement, he pointed out.
Commenting on the book, which consists of 25 articles on various aspects of Nepal-India ties, foreign policy expert Buddhi Narayan Shrestha said the views and analysis made in the book are very important to understand bilateral relations.