KATHMANDU, Jan. 11 -- Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Gyawali has said Nepal as a peace-loving country shuns any kind of military alliance.

Addressing the Raisina Dialogue 2019 in New Delhi as one of the keynote speakers on Thursday, Minister Gyawali said Nepal seeks to foster relations with neighbors and all friendly countries around the world based on justice, sovereign equality, trust, mutual respect and benefit. "Amity with all and enmity with none is our motto in foreign policy. We seek to foster relations with neighbors and all friendly countries around the world based on justice, sovereign equality, trust, mutual respect and benefit," he said.

Gyawali said that Nepal pursues an independent foreign policy and that its conduct...