Kathmandu, May 15: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Krishna Bahadur attended the session of High Level Dialogue of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation at China National Convention Centre in Beijing on Sunday.
According to the press statement released by the Embassy of Nepal in Beijing, DPM Mahara held a bilateral meeting with Vice Premier of the State Council of China, Wang Yang.
In attendance were the Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Ramesh Lekhak and Minister for Information and Communications Surendra Kumar Karki in the Nepali delegation.
On the sidelines of the High Level Dialogue, DPM Mahara had a bilateral meeting with Vice Premier of the State Council of China, Wang Yang.
During the meeting, the Vice Premier Yang expressed his happiness on the holding of the local level election and opined that it would ensure political stability and development to improve the living conditions of Nepali people.
The Vice Premier appreciated and thanked Nepal for its participation in the Forum and also congratulated the government of Nepal for signing the MoU on cooperation under the One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative with China.
The Vice Premier viewed that the mutual cooperation in the field of connectivity, culture and people to people contact between two other countries would be further promoted under the framework agreement in the coming years.
The two sides also reiterated to expedite the early finalisation of the Protocol to Transit Transport Agreement between the two countries.
The Vice Premier informed that the central government has instructed provincial governments of Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Tibet Autonomous Region and Yunnan to promote visits of Chinese tourists to Nepal, establish sister city relations and enhance people to people contacts.
The press statement further said the Chinese side reiterated that it would take up the matter concerning the reopening of Tatopani border point with priority.
The Chinese side also said that it would look at the proposal from Nepal on constructing railways in Nepal and has advised that relevant agencies could start discussion on this.
The Chinese side also reiterated to continue its support for the priority projects under reconstruction of Nepal.
It agreed to support to Nepal for power generation projects under the energy cooperation framework agreement.
Moreover, both countries expressed their satisfaction on the back to back signing of Cross Border Economic Zones and Upgradation of Rasuwagadhi-Syaprubeshi Road MoUs, reads the press statement. RSS
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