Kathmandu, Sept. 9: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Krishna Bahadur Mahara said the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) initiated by China would be helpful in reviving Nepal’s economy.
DPM Mahara who is currently in the China visit said this while delivering a lecture entitled Nepal-China Relations for Trans-Himalayan Development’ at the China Foreign Affairs University in Beijing on Friday.
Stating that Nepal and China are close friends with civilization linkages, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs said, “The most important expectation of Nepali people is their strong desire to realize the construction railways linking Nepal’s major cities with northern border. I hope this is a genuine demand and can be fulfilled with Chinese resources and state-of-the-art technology. Top leaders in both countries have committed to working towards this end.”
He also said that the BRI offers opportunities for collaboration and partnership. “Development of infrastructure, improvement of physical connectivity, fair trade, investment, tourism and people to people relations are some of the areas in which we have vital interest.”
During his speech in the University, Mahara said that connectivity is a key to relationship and is a key enabler for development, lack of which hampers the process of development.
He also said that the number of Nepali studies centres is also growing in different universities of China and this helps bring our peoples closer adding that universities of both countries can initiate joint academic works and academic exchanges programme.
Mahara also inaugurated the newly launched website of the Embassy of Nepal, Beijing Friday evening.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Mahara will leave for Xibaipo in Hebei Province on Saturday morning. Later on the day, he will reach Guangzhou where he is scheduled to inaugurate the chancery of the Consulate General of Nepal on 10 September, meet with provincial leaders and address the business community, according to the Embassy of Nepal in Beijing.
Earlier, he met with Song Tao, Minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China in Beijing.
The matters related to the promotion of people-to-people contact between the two countries were discussed during the meeting, according to a press statement issued by the Embassy of Nepal, Beijing. RSS
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