UML Vice-Chair Paudel: Nepal could reap benefits from China’s GDI

Kathmandu: CPN (UML) Vice-Chairperson Bishnu Prasad Paudel has commended China’s leadership in launching the Global Development Initiative (GDI) with views that Nepal could reap ample benefits from the Initiative.

Addressing on behalf of Nepal the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) in the Henan province of China on Thursday, Vice-Chairperson Poudel reiterated that Nepal could gain significantly from China’s GDI that emphasized priority areas such as poverty reduction, food security, climate change, and digital development. He stated that the priority areas of the GDI resonated strongly with Nepal’s development priorities.

Paudel shared that the government of Nepal recently decided to join the Group of Friends of the GDI. According to him, Nepal has become one of the growing number of countries that have expressed support for the GDI and its objectives.

‘The GDI’s core principles align with President Xi Jinping’s vision of a shared future for mankind- a vision that emphasizes peace and interconnectedness, a truly shared future can only be realized when all nations, developed and developing alike, have equitable opportunities for progress and prosperity,’ said the former Finance Minister Paudel.

‘Nepal, a close neighbor of China, stands to gain significantly from the success of the GDI, We are confident that increased collaboration in areas like infrastructure development, technology transfer, and capacity building will accelerate Nepal’s national development efforts, We look forward to the GDI facilitating projects that are transformative to our economy and address Nepal’s specific development needs,’ said Poudel.

Likewise, he also spoke of the need to acknowledge and address concerns such as transparency and debt sustainability to ensure GDI’s goals of sustainable and equitable development are achieved.

Furthermore, he expressed his confidence that concessional financing, knowledge sharing, and projects tailored towards the specific needs of developing countries would solidify the GDI’s purpose besides bolstering trust and inclusiveness within the initiatives. Stating that Nepal valued multilaterals, he reaffirmed Nepal’s commitment to contributing actively to discussions within the GDI framework and other international forums.

Paudel also said that Nepal believed that GDI could become a powerful force for building a more prosperous, peaceful, and sustainable future for the world and articulated Nepal’s eagerness to work with China and like-minded partners to further promote development agendas that are universal and beneficial to all.

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