Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli addressed the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Plus Summit on Monday. In his address, he spoke on national interests, bilateral, and international issues.
Highlighting China’s Global Governance Initiative (GGI) as a potential tool to strengthen multilateralism, Oli urged for a more united, coordinated, and flexible SCO to confront deepening geopolitical, economic, and environmental challenges. He reiterated Nepal’s aspiration to upgrade from dialogue partner to full SCO membership, a role it has held since 2016.
Oli drew attention to global threats including climate change, terrorism, cyberattacks, and pandemics. He noted Nepal’s particular vulnerability as a Himalayan nation facing the rapid retreat of glaciers, which threatens billions of people living downstream.
“No country can remain secure in isolation, nor can any people prosper in fragmentation,” Oli said, stressing that cooperation was essential to address shared problems. He outlined three key transformations for the future: moving from isolation to connectivity, from conflict to consultation, and from competition to cooperation.
Calling for renewed regional collaboration, Oli said, “Division must give way to unity, confrontation to dialogue, and rivalry to partnership. Only then can we build a just, inclusive, and resilient system that secures sustainable development for all.”
The summit, which began on Sunday at the Tianjin Meijian Conference Centre in Tianjin, China, is attended by heads of state and government, including Prime Minister Oli.
Prime Minister Oli is on a five-day visit to China starting from August 30, at the friendly invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The bilateral meetings between Prime Minister Oli and various heads of state and government are underway.
