Kathmandu, Sept. 4 -- Nepal on Thursday rejected China's claim that it agreed to support the Global Security Initiative (GSI) during Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's recent visit to China.

Nepal's Foreign Secretary Amrit Bahadur Rai clarified that Nepal has only supported the Global Development Initiative (GDI) and not the GSI or Global Civilisation Initiative (GCI).

"Over China's initiative, Nepal has only supported the Global Development Initiative. Nepal has joined the Global Development Initiative's group of friends, which was formed within the United Nations. Regarding the other initiatives, Nepal hasn't supported it and no agreement has been reached over it, it is clarified hereby," Rai said.

Nepal maintains a non-aligned foreign p...