KATHMANDU: Nepal Army (NA) has raised serious concern over what it called ‘suspicious activities’ on the part of China at the Sino-Nepal border in Mustang district.
Breaching the agreement between Nepal and China, Chinese security forces are said to have frequently visited Lhomanthang, a uranium enriched area, in the pretext of maintenance where China has set up 17-kilowatt solar energy panels in 2015. As per the agreement, China is supposed to do the maintenance of the energy panels until 2025.
Similarly, China is constructing a Custom Office Post on the Tibetan side across Korala, along the Sino-Nepal border, and has deployed a troop of People’s Armed Police (PAP) force in the guise of security of the construction site.
Defying the agreement not to deploy any military/paramilitary forces within 30 kilometers from the international border, China has deployed its para-military forces just along the international borders. The agreement was made on September 24, 2007.
PAP is a Chinese paramilitary police force responsible for internal security that provides support to the PLA Ground Force during wartime.
However, Nepal has deployed its police forces at Nechung, situated at a distance of 14 kilometers from the Sino-Nepal border.
Writing a report to the Defense Ministry, NA has recommended for the establishment of a police post at Korala to check and monitor all suspicious activities by China.
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