The government has decided not to participate in the State Partnership Program (SPP) of the United States.

A Cabinet meeting held on Monday made the decision to this effect, Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security Krishna Kumar Shrestha said.

"The Cabinet has decided not to implement the State Partnership Program," he said, adding, " The United States will be informed about the decision."

At a time when the preparations for the Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's US visit was going on in full swing, the US State Partnership Program took the center stage in the Parliament after its documents were made public.

The then Chief of Army Staff had written a letter to the United States for participation in the SPP.

But the SPP was not taken ahead after it was placed under the Indo Pacific Strategy.

Earlier, the US embassy in Kathmandu had said that the SPP could be revoked if the government wrote a letter to the United States  asking to scrap the agreement.