International and Bilateral Issues

In the run up to a vote to elect a Prime Minister in Parliament, the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) has unveiled a “proposal” and “commitment” on peace, Constitution and government
In terms of the peace process, the Maoists have accepted an informal Nepal Army proposal to create a directorate under the NA as the modality of integration of combatants.
For those combatants who would be rehabilitated, Maoists have proposed giving a “golden handshake” of anything between $9500 and $14,000 to be paid in instalments.

India is among thegroup of countries invited to attend an international conference on Libya, which French President Nicolas Sarkozy will host in Paris next week
It is intended to speed up humanitarian aid, medical supplies, rehabilitation and other immediate assistance
A top priority for the conference is to clear the way for releasing the frozen wealth of Mr. Qadhafi and his clans in bank accounts abroad to meet the country's immediate needs

China has substituted liquid-fuelled, nuclear-capable missiles with “more advanced and survivable solid-fuelled” rocket systems, and this has been explicitly aimed at “[strengthening] its deterrent posture relative to India,” according to an annual report on the developments within the Chinese military, authored by the United States Pentagon
China was further investing in road development along the Sino-Indian border that could “support PLA border defence operations.
The rapid step-up in Chinese military investments in recent years, including its aircraft carrier programme, cyber-warfare capabilities, anti-satellite missiles and the top-secret J-20 next-generation stealth fighter
India was also improving its infrastructure along its north-eastern border
China's military investments were, overall, “potentially destabilising to regional military balances, increase the risk of misunderstanding and miscalculation, and may contribute to regional tensions and anxieties.”