Foreign Minister Narayan Khadka said that the chapter of the State Partnership Program (SPP) has already been closed.

At a meeting of the International Relations Committee of the House of Representatives held on Friday morning, Minister Khadka said that the debate on the SPP is not necessary as its chapter has already been closed.

Khadka made it clear that the SPP is not in the interest of the country.

“SPP is not in the interest of the country. We will not take this issue ahead. We are not in the strategic alliance,” he said, adding, “The chapter of this issue has been closed. Let’s not talk about this issue. Let’s not talk about the same thing over and over again.”

Minister Khadka said that it is not necessary to talk about the SPP as Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has already said that the government will not take the issue ahead.