BEIJING: China and Nepal on Thursday signed 14 agreements, together with development of a railway community following Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's meetings with the top Chinese management, together with President Xi Jinping here.
Oli, who's here on a five-day consult with since June 19, held in-depth talks with President Xi on Wednesday which included a lengthy one-on-one assembly adopted by means of the delegation-level talks with Premier Li Keqiang on Thursday.
While the Chinese authentic media gave no main points of the agreements, Nepalese day-to-day the Kathmandu Post reported that the 2 international locations have signed agreements on 10 other topics together with one at the development of a railway line. Four memorandum of understandings had been also exchanged between them.
The agreement reached between the 2 aspects also included selling energy cooperation. They have also reached working out referring to the use of freeway in Tibet, energy, financial and technical cooperation and human sources construction, the document said.
The two aspects signed eight agreements worth USD 2.4 billion the day gone by, ranging from hydroelectric to water sources projects, cement factories and fruit production, the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported.
The key takeaway, then again, was once the reported railway link connecting Tibet with Nepal which could open up extra industry and delivery items for the landlocked country.
During his talks with Oli, Xi confident him that he's willing to see the Nepal-China cross-border connectivity come to fruition.
"The train from Shigatse (Tibet) will arrive in Kathmandu," the Post quoted Xi as telling Oli.
China already had constructed an unlimited community of rail and highway connectivity in Tibet, which it needs to increase to Nepal.
"The train to the Tibetan highland has been hailed as a technological wonder. But many experts here caution building the trans-Himalayan railways will pose a great engineering challenge-perhaps even more demanding than the Tibetan railways. A huge chunk of the 70-120-km track will be studded with long and difficult tunnels and bridges," the Post reported.
Oli, all the way through his transient tenure in 2016, widened China-Nepal ties by means of signing the transit industry treaty with China to reduce the dependence of his country on India on the height of Madhesis agitation. He had sought enlargement of highway links via Tibet besides extension of China's railway to Nepal through the Himalayas.
China's state-run CCTV reported as of late that all the way through their assembly, Li informed Oli that China and Nepal are just right buddies and companions linked by means of mountains and rivers.
Li pointed out that the improvement of China-Nepal family members is not just recommended to each side, but additionally conducive to regional peace, steadiness and prosperity.
China appreciates Nepal's resolute adherence to the one-China coverage and helps Nepal in safeguarding nationwide independence, sovereignty and legitimate rights and interests.
China is ready to work with Nepal to build a third-dimensional connectivity community across the Himalayas via port, railway, highway, air and communications links, Li said.
Following the talks, the 2 high ministers witnessed the signing of a lot of bilateral cooperation documents between China and Nepal, the CCTV document said, with out divulging main points.
Oli, who's here on a five-day consult with since June 19, held in-depth talks with President Xi on Wednesday which included a lengthy one-on-one assembly adopted by means of the delegation-level talks with Premier Li Keqiang on Thursday.
While the Chinese authentic media gave no main points of the agreements, Nepalese day-to-day the Kathmandu Post reported that the 2 international locations have signed agreements on 10 other topics together with one at the development of a railway line. Four memorandum of understandings had been also exchanged between them.
The agreement reached between the 2 aspects also included selling energy cooperation. They have also reached working out referring to the use of freeway in Tibet, energy, financial and technical cooperation and human sources construction, the document said.
The two aspects signed eight agreements worth USD 2.4 billion the day gone by, ranging from hydroelectric to water sources projects, cement factories and fruit production, the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported.
The key takeaway, then again, was once the reported railway link connecting Tibet with Nepal which could open up extra industry and delivery items for the landlocked country.
During his talks with Oli, Xi confident him that he's willing to see the Nepal-China cross-border connectivity come to fruition.
"The train from Shigatse (Tibet) will arrive in Kathmandu," the Post quoted Xi as telling Oli.
China already had constructed an unlimited community of rail and highway connectivity in Tibet, which it needs to increase to Nepal.
"The train to the Tibetan highland has been hailed as a technological wonder. But many experts here caution building the trans-Himalayan railways will pose a great engineering challenge-perhaps even more demanding than the Tibetan railways. A huge chunk of the 70-120-km track will be studded with long and difficult tunnels and bridges," the Post reported.
Oli, all the way through his transient tenure in 2016, widened China-Nepal ties by means of signing the transit industry treaty with China to reduce the dependence of his country on India on the height of Madhesis agitation. He had sought enlargement of highway links via Tibet besides extension of China's railway to Nepal through the Himalayas.
China's state-run CCTV reported as of late that all the way through their assembly, Li informed Oli that China and Nepal are just right buddies and companions linked by means of mountains and rivers.
Li pointed out that the improvement of China-Nepal family members is not just recommended to each side, but additionally conducive to regional peace, steadiness and prosperity.
China appreciates Nepal's resolute adherence to the one-China coverage and helps Nepal in safeguarding nationwide independence, sovereignty and legitimate rights and interests.
China is ready to work with Nepal to build a third-dimensional connectivity community across the Himalayas via port, railway, highway, air and communications links, Li said.
Following the talks, the 2 high ministers witnessed the signing of a lot of bilateral cooperation documents between China and Nepal, the CCTV document said, with out divulging main points.
China, Nepal sign 14 agreements including key connectivity deals
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