Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli on Thursday said he cannot compromise national security in the name of maintaining cordial relations with neighbours, without naming any specific country.
"Maintaining good relation with neighbouring countries is an important aspect of national security but we cannot jeopardise national security for the sake of maintaining good neighbourly relations," Oli said without elaborating on the issue.
"Neither we think against anyone nor we have spoken against anyone. We won't let this country be used against others. Competition should be for various other issues but not on national security," he said while addressing a National Security Seminar here. The issue of national security was not related to any particular person or party but the country as a whole, Oli said, hinting towards the absence of key leaders including Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba and CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda" in the meeting.