Nepal’s Maoist Prime Minister Prachanda sent one of his trusted lieutenants from the insurgency period as a special envoy to China on Monday, seeking to clear confusion over the future of agreements signed by his predecessor.The envoy, Krishna Bahadur Mahara, who is a deputy premier in charge of finance and a China expert, will carry a message from Prachanda that his new government is keen to develop cordial relations with China despite recent political changes.Prachanda, 61, who led a decade-long insurgency that ended a feudal monarchy, replaced communist K.P. Oli amid uncertainty about a slew of deals made by Oli during a visit to Beijing in March, including allowing Nepal to use Chinese railways, roads and ports to trade with third countries.Those deals signalled a shift by the landlocked Himalayan nation away from its traditional reliance on overland trade with its southern neighbour India, which grew increasingly frustrated with Oli’s rule. -