Morning Star.png Nepal: Fuel Deal with China Set to Break Indian Stranglehold The Morning Star, London, 30 October 2015 Nepal announced an agreement to import petrol, diesel and cooking gas from China yesterday, breaking India's stranglehold on the Himalayan nation. Nepal Oil Corporation official Deepak Baral said that the crucial deal had been signed on Wednesday by a team of diplomats and other officials sent to Beijing earlier this week. While the final details concerning quantities and prices have yet to be decided, Mr Baral said that the supplies would be provided on a regular basis. India has stopped fuel tankers and other goods lorries from crossing the border since last month, claiming that drivers are in danger from protesters opposed to the country's new secular republican constitution. An Indian Oil Corporation official claimed that fuel supplies were moving again at a rate of 35 to 40 per cent of the normal 100,000 tons per month. Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesman Vikas Swarup declined to comment on Nepal's agreement with China. From: http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-c27b-Nepal-Fuel-deal-with-China-set-to- break-Indian-stranglehold -- -- NEW!!!! SSN FORUM IS ON FACEBOOK!!!! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Swaziland Solidarity Network Forum Google Group. Visit the group home page at http://groups.google.com/group/sa-swaziland-solidarity-eom-forum for more options, pages and files. To post to the group, send email to sa-swaziland-solidarity-eom-forum@googlegroups.com or reply to this message. To unsubscribe, send email to sa-swaziland-solidarity-eom-forum-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Swaziland Solidarity Network Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sa-swaziland-solidarity-eom-forum+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
