Nepal, May 2 -- An abiding faith in the purposes and principles of the United Nations (UN) Charter remains a cornerstone of Nepal's foreign policy. Maintaining relations with traditional friends, donor-partners and Gulf countries, and advancing cooperation with regional organisations for peace and economic progress, are equally important. Recently, however, renewing, reinforcing and reorienting relations with our immediate neighbours-India and China-has become the foremost preoccupation. Their growing economic and military might makes this inevitable. This shift should not be misread as deprioritising long-standing partners. Nepal cannot afford to do so and must continue to accord them due priority.

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