US official tells Nepal leaders to make a decision on the MCC deal at the earliest

Donald Lu, the United States assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asian affairs, has requested senior political leaders in Nepal to make a decision on the 2017 deal between the two countries about the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) project. The post US official tells Nepal leaders to make a decision on the MCC deal at the earliest appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

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Amendment of deal possible, says Nepal

CPN (Unified Socialist) Chair Madhav Kumar Nepal organised a press conference and said that CPN-UML Chair KP Sharma Oli wanted to secure parliamentary ratification of the MCC deal without any change, but it was possible to secure amendments to the deal through the interpretative declaration that the House of Representatives passed along with the MCC deal.

'People have realised misinformation about MCC deal'

Nepali Congress Spokesperson Prakash Sharan Mahat said people have now realised that a sustained campaign was being launched to spread rumours and misinformation against the Millennium Challenge Corporation deal that Nepal had signed with the United States.

CPN (US) for tabling MCC deal

The Madhav Kumar Nepal-led CPN (Unified Socialist) chose a middle path on the Millennium Challenge Corporation deal by deciding to allow the government to table the MCC deal in the Parliament even if the CPN- UML continues its obstruction.

Ruling allies make no headway on MCC deal

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba held a meeting of the ruling coalition partners today as well to discuss the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Nepal Compact, but the meeting ended inconclusively.

EDITORIAL - Table MCC deal

Even as the deadline for the ratification of the MCC (Millennium Challenge Corporation) compact in the parliament nears, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is unable to bag support from his coalition partners for it. The USgovernment has given the government till February end to ratify the agreement, failing which Nepal sets to lose $500 million in grants for a power transmission line and road rehabilitation.

Dahal urges Oli to put off MCC ratification

CPN-Maoist Centre Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Friday called CPN- UML Chair KP Sharma Oli and requested him to postpone the parliamentary ratification of the Millennium Challenge Corporation Nepal Compact until after general elections. Dahal asked Oli to take a decision on the MCC deal by rising above party politics. He also asked Oli to clarify his and his party’s stance on the MCC deal and build a national consensus on the issue.

Private sector demands endorsement of MCC deal

Three big private sector business associations have called for the endorsement of the Nepal-US Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) deal signed in 2017. The post Private sector demands endorsement of MCC deal appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.

UML not to make any decision about MCC deal endorsement anytime soon

Amid the intensifying dispute on whether Nepal's parliament should endorse the 2017 agreement between Nepal and the United States about the USD 500 million Millennium Compact Corporation (MCC) grant to Nepal, the CPN-UML says it will not make any decision about this anytime soon. The post UML not to make any decision about MCC deal endorsement anytime soon appeared first on OnlineKhabar English News.