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Chinese Defence Minister and State Councilor Wei Fenghe is arriving Kathmandu on 29 November in a one-day visit. According to some informal sources, after the Kathmandu visit, he is flying to Islamabad and Dhaka escaping Delhi.

The visit is taking place when the relations between India and China have remained cold.

Also, the visit is taking place two days after Indian foreign secretary Harsha Vardhan Shringla will return following a two-day visit on 27 November. And the visit is taking place after the visit of the Indian external intelligence Research and Analysis Wing chief and Indian Army chief.

According to sources, the Chinese Minister is scheduled to call-on President Bidya Devi Bhandari and Prime Minister and Defence Minister KP Sharma Oli. Also, he is holding meetings with Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali and Nepal Army CoAS Gen Purnachandra Thapa.

Is another Quad in the offing?:

Months ago, People’s Review columnist M.R. Josse had cited on the possibility for the existence of an anti-Quad group against an anti-China grouping comprised of India.

Again, noted blogger Maila Baje has stated: “The string of visits to Nepal by India’s spy and military chiefs and the imminent arrival of the foreign secretary coincides with India’s pronounced entry into the US-led Indo-Pacific alliance to contain China. Beijing, for its part, has initiated its own version of the Quad in South Asia”.