"Our relations with any country and any other country's relations with any other country are independent entities.
"We do not think that relation of country A with B is contingent upon its relations with us and vice-a-versa," said Gopal Baglay, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson.
Sher Bahadur Deuba today pledged to maintain balanced relations between India and China, as he was sworn in as the new prime minister of Nepal.
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