10 staging protest against MCC in front of US Embassy arrested
As many as ten persons staging a protest against Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC) in front of the Embassy of the United States of America in Kathmandu have been arrested.
KATHMANDU: Alice Albright, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the United States project Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), is arriving in Kathmandu tomorrow (October 1). The US Embassy in Kathmandu confirmed CEO Alice Albright’s visit and her five-day stay in Nepal to commemorate the successful launch of the MCC-Nepal Compact. “MCC CEO Alice Albright will be […]
KATHMANDU: The US Embassy in Kathmandu said that the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) acknowledged receipt of the interpretative declaration last year. It has also said that it agreed with the interpretative declaration and considered it to be consistent with the understanding of the terms of the Compact, including the prevalence of the Constitution of Nepal […]
The US Embassy in Kathmandu said the decision whether to ratify the $500 million-dollar MCC Nepal Compact has always rested with the government of Nepal as a sovereign nation.
The proposed Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) grant has been the talk of the town over the past few weeks in Nepal. Various groups have staged multiple protests across the country, mostly in Kathmandu. Protests have taken place near the Parliament building, the US Embassy and the prime minister’s residence too. The US government’s Millennium Challenge […]
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KATHMANDU: The US Embassy in Kathmandu has said the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) received official correspondence from the Government of Nepal’s
A bipartisan US Congressional delegation led by Representative Ami Bera, who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s (HFAC) Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and Nonproliferation, was in Nepal earlier this week. The four-member delegation that included Representative George Holding, Member of the House Ways & Means Committee; Staff Director at the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and Nonproliferation Nikole Burroughs and Senior Professional Staff Member at HFAC Sajit Gandhi held meetings with government officials, civil society leaders, staff at the US Embassy, and the Millennium Challenge Corporation among others. On the sideline of their visit to Nepal, Nagarik Daily’s Guna Raj Luitel and Republica’s Kosh Raj Koirala talked to Ami Bera to learn more about US foreign policy on Nepal, latest controversies about the MCC and other issues pertaining to the Nepal-US relations. Excerpts:
KATHMANDU, Jan 18: Amid misleading news going viral in several online media platforms that its implementation would pave the way for deploying US military personnel in Nepal, the US Embassy in Kathmandu on Friday clarified that Millennium Challenge Compact (MCC) does not have any military component.
KATHMANDU, May 26: Projects for strengthening the country’s transport and energy infrastructure, financed by Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), may enter into implementation by September 2019, according to officials of the US Embassy in Kathmandu and the Government of Nepal.
