#By Prem Sagar Poudel  -  -  -  -

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and China's President Xi Jinping held sideline talks at the BRICS summit held in Russia. India has joined hands of friendship with China while relations with America are getting colder. This is more of a compulsion than India's desire. Relations with India's neighborhoods are not good. India could not sustain Sheikh Hasina in power in Bangladesh. Hasina had been very close to India in recent years. India has a longstanding border dispute with Pakistan. India's relations with Nepal have also not been good since the blockade of 2072. In such a situation, the United States was eyeing Bhutan and scaring to India.
The US, which sought India's help in IPS, has returned to Nepal after India did not break its silence. America is trying to use Nepal as an alternative to India by agreeing on IPS and SPP. After Prime Minister KP Oli agreed on a Bilateral Consultative Mechanism (BCM) agreement between the US and Nepal, the US seems to be excited.
India, which is isolated from its neighbors, will be reunited with China. India and China, whose relations have been in flux for a long time due to the border dispute, have reached a decision to move forward by gradually resolving the border dispute. Earlier, India has also settled the border dispute with Bangladesh. When the border dispute with China is resolved, there will be more pressure on India to resolve the border dispute with Nepal and Pakistan.
This BRICS summit has opened the way for India to change its policies with China, which has stopped buying not only electricity invested by China in Nepal but also electricity manufactured by Chinese companies. The improvement of China's relations with India opens the door to the development of Asia as the economic center of the world.
In this region, if the BRICS member countries including India unite, they can do business as the regional currency in yuan, IC, or ruble which they have been doing in US dollars. If a common currency is developed among the BRICS member states, the pressure of the US dollar in the region will end forever. Not only in terms of population but also in terms of natural resources, this region is the most possibility region in the world.
With the improvement in India-China relations, Nepal will come under direct pressure from the US. Now Nepal is an important strategic area for America after India in South Asia. If Nepal does not think and take steps, Nepal will become the center of geopolitical conflict. Even now, America has started developing Nepal as that center.
Due to the past history that India can use Nepal's US-oriented leadership more easily than China, China should not only try to improve India's relations with Nepal but also have to take fame. Apart from this, it seems that China should create an atmosphere of agreement with India regarding the rail route connecting India and China through Nepal. By doing this, there will be short-distance trade between India and China and the development of religious tourism in Nepal.
Recently, Russia has also tried to join hands in the development of Nepal. This topic has been discussed in various series. China can also move India forward as an ally in terms of increasing Russia's activity in Nepal. Because of the three countries, even if the government wants to, Nepal cannot go to the side of America. For this, India can easily break the growing American support for Nepal's development.
The agreement between India and China is also a matter of strategic importance for Nepal. If China can strengthen India in Nepal and advance the policy of pushing back the US, Chinese influence in Nepal can also be increased significantly. For that, as seen in the development of Nepal, the two countries or three countries including Russia should collaborate. This cooperation can give a lesson from Nepal to other countries that we can give an alternative to America.