KATHMANDU, Jan 21: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has expressed concern over the woes faced by Nepali youths after their recruitment in the Russian Army.

Addressing a special news conference organized at the Tribhuvan International Airport upon returning home after attending the 19th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) today, he said that the government is sensitive towards the issue.

"The government is very much serious and sensitive towards the reports that Nepali youths are recruited in the Russian forces and mobilized in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. We don’t have such a policy on behalf of the government," PM Dahal added. 

The PM stated that the government has no policy to allow Nepalis for their recruitment in the military force in any other countries except the past agreements made for India and England.  

He also shared that a diplomatic note has been sent to Russia on this issue and the Foreign Minister has repeatedly talked about this agenda.   

The PM added that Nepal's Foreign Minister held talks with the Russian Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs at Kampala of Uganda during the 19th NAM Summit and urged him to send Nepali youths back home. 

He said that talks were held regarding the youths killed in the war and the government has seriously taken the issue of compensation for them. 

"Everyone should disseminate awareness among people. We should spread awareness stating that youth should not join the military service anywhere in the name of seeking jobs against the State's policy, the spirit of the Constitution and against the spirit of our democratic national independence. We should be more aware of people saying this is not the way to leave the country by avoiding formal ways. The government is serious. All should work on it (to stop)," the PM argued. 

Likewise, the PM said that Nepal has taken Taiwan as an integral part of China since the beginning. "We are not in favor of the policy of separation of Taiwan after accepting One-China Principle," the PM asserted.

Taiwan is China's part and Nepal has stuck to this policy since the beginning, according to the PM.

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