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Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah is holding his first one-on-one meetings Monday with envoys from neighbouring giants China and India, his office said.The rapper-turned-leader, 36, better known as “Balen”, has kept low profile since taking power in March, largely avoiding hosting foreign envoys individually. The landlocked Himalayan nation of 30 million people must ensure a delicate diplomatic balance between rivals New Delhi and Beijing.Shah, speaking to AFP ahead of his election, said that he wanted to “maintain a natural relationship” with both nations. He has previously only met foreign ambassadors in groups, while visits to China and India in June were made by Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal.Shah’s office said he had met with India’s ambassador on Monday morning, and would meet China’s envoy later in the day. “The two discussed various matters related to Nepal-India bilateral friendship, mutual interests, development partnership, and areas of cooperation,” his office said in a statement after meeting with India’s ambassador.India has long considered Hindu-majority Nepal as a traditional ally, with open borders along the plains. Kathmandu’s largest trading partner is India, accounting for 63 percent of Nepal’s imports, or $8.6 billion, followed by China at 13 percent, or $1.8 billion, according to World Bank figures.The meeting with China comes after a major international academic conference on Tibet, in which more than 700 delegates were due to meet in the Nepali capital later this month, was stopped from taking place inside the country, organisers said.No reason has been given and Nepal’s government has denied that it gave the order — although the country is acutely aware of how sensitive the issue of Tibet is to China. Beijing, which in 1950 sent troops to the vast high-altitude plateau it describes as an integral part of China, has long opposed international activities it sees as challenging its sovereignt Source link
FIFA yesterday warned against what it called a “concerted and ongoing effort” to undermine President Gianni Infantino, saying attempts to challenge his leadership must follow the governing body’s statutes and democratic procedures. The statement came amid an increasingly bitter standoff over Infantino’s leadership following the collapse of his proposal to raise about $4.2 billion by selling a stake in the commercial rights of the World Cup and other tournaments. The plan triggered criticism from UEFA, national associations and senior FIFA officials, led to calls for Infantino to resign and prompted a crisis meeting in Morocco this week at which FIFA’s leadership reaffirmed its support for the president. FIFA did not identify those it said were seeking to undermine Infantino or specify which reports or allegations it was referring to.The statement followed reports by The Daily Telegraph about payments made by UEFA to a former employee during Infantino’s time as the European governing body’s general secretary, allegations he has denied and that FIFA has rejected as unfounded. “Those who do not have the support of FIFA’s Member Associations should not seek to achieve through allegation, insinuation or misinformation what they cannot achieve through FIFA’s established democratic processes,” FIFA said. It said recent reporting had included “unsubstantiated assertions and demonstrably false claims” concerning FIFA and its president, adding that it would challenge inaccurate or misleading reports “directly and vigorously”. FIFA added it would not support, facilitate or tolerate any process concerning the election of its president that was inconsistent with its statutes, democratic procedures and governance framework. “The FIFA president was democratically elected by FIFA’s member associations and continues to serve with their mandate,” it said. Following a crisis meeting in Morocco on Wednesday, FIFA apologised to its 211 member associations for mistakes in the handling of the proposal and said its leadership had reaffirmed its full support for Infantino. The fallout has cast a shadow over Infantino’s bid for a fourth term at the FIFA Congress in Morocco in March. No clear candidate to challenge him has yet emerged. European soccer’s governing body UEFA has said it no longer has confidence in Infantino, while Norwegian Football Federation President Lise Klaveness called for him to resign on Friday, saying he no longer had the institutional trust required to govern FIFA. But Infantino continues to enjoy substantial support among FIFA’s 211 members. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) unanimously backed his leadership on Thursday, while South America’s CONMEBOL rejected any attempt to oust him that did not involve a vote of all FIFA members. Mexico’s football federation (FMF) also backed Infantino, despite its regional confederation CONCACAF having called for a “comprehensive reckoning” with his presidency. “The FMF will neither recognise nor approve any process convened outside of that institutional framework,” the Mexican federation said. Source link
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