Nepal's Plan to Sign U.S. Pact Triggers Protests as Opposition Warns Deuba of Strategic Consequences

"The Sher Bahadur Deuba government had secured parliamentary approval for the US
government's $500 million Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) pact last February despite massive street protests. Fresh controversy started on Tuesday following a leak claiming the Deuba government is set to sign a military deal with the US.

Nepal's opposition parties have launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, accusing him of pushing the country into a "geopolitical conflict" by signing the US State Partnership Program (SPP).

Former foreign minister Pradeep Gyawali, a senior politician of the Marxist-Leninist main opposition party CPN-UML warned the government of the strategic consequences of joining the SPP, a key US security cooperation tool, "facilitating cooperation across all aspects of international civil-military affairs"." Sputnik