Kathmandu (AsiaNews) - Nepal can act as a "catalyst" to promote active cooperation between China and India, in a regional framework of a "tripartite relationship" that might facilitate the further growth of the two most important economies in the world. So says the Nepalese Institute for Strategic and International Studies, at the end of a meeting between representatives of the three countries organized by the Nepalese think tank in Kathmandu. However, the researchers add, the Republic must ensure political, economic and social "stability", to achieve the goal.
Political
leaders, security experts, thinkers present at the trilateral summit from Nepal, India
and China
have agreed that stability in the smallest of the three countries, is a key
factor in relations between the two giants. There
is a need to promote policies that strengthen key areas including "trade,
security and development."
At
the moment the possibility of cooperation revolves around travel and tourism,
and does not preclude the possibility of involving the key energy sector in the
next meetings - set to take place in Beijing and
New Delhi at
the end of March.
Shekhar
Koirala, a member of the Central Committee of the Nepali Congress confirms the
"common issues" between the countries, such as "water resources,
development, trade and tourism" and stresses that it is necessary to bring
China and India closer,
to ensure "peace and stability in the region" .
Tshering
Chonzom, a professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University
in New Delhi,
adds that a climate of "trust" is fostered between the three
countries, a period of "prosperity" will follow. He
points out that Beijing
can not work alone in an attempt to gain international supremacy, "without
the trust of neighboring countries."
Liu Jiawei, a professor at Sichuan University (China) and an expert on Sino-Asian relations, states that "security, economy and trade are among the most important issues" across all three states. For this, the expert concludes, "mutual understanding and cooperation" is necessary.