– Chinese Ambassador, Nepal

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Kathmandu: The Chinese Ambassador to the Nepali court, Sun Heping, has said that his country had no intentions or whatsoever of interfering on the Maoist problem in Nepal, it is learnt.

The Chinese official version has come at a time when King Gyanendra is visiting Delhi shortly in order presumably to seek Indian assistance in taming the threats posed to the country by the Maoists insurgency.

The Chinese envoy has spoken his country’s mind at a time when informed and high placed sources in Kathmandu mutter that India would not settle for less than seeking a role for herself at time of the government-Maoists talks that is yet to take place.

It is so far not known as to what India is to extract from such a role for her in an issue that Nepal could sort out provided India agrees to support Nepal even morally.

Admitting that Nepal was competent on resolving the problems faced by the country, the Chinese envoy apparently has tried to hint some interested quarters to let Nepal go her own way and not meddle in an affair that was exclusively a Nepali issue.

“Our policy is not to intervene in the domestic affairs of any country,” said the Chinese envoy in Pokhara the other day.

IN saying so the Chinese dignitary apparently presumes in the corner of his heart that his country sees the possibility of some countries intervening in the Nepali domestic issue at time of the talks.

Be that as it may, the timing of the Chinese expression is not only timely but significant as well in more ways than one.