Kathmandu: Nepal and China on Tuesday signed various agreements, including letter of exchanges, during Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s visit to China. The much-anticipated BRI, however, is conspicuously absent in them.
The documents signed and exchanged by the both sides include Agreement on Economic and Technical Cooperation, Letter of Exchange on Tokha-Chhahare Tunnel, MoU on Trade Promotion Cooperation, Protocol on Requirements on Thermally Processed Buffalo Meat Products to be Exported from Nepal to China, MoU on Development Plan (2024-2029) and Letter of Exchange on Cash Assistance.
Other instruments signed include Handover Certificate of the Completion of the Reconstruction of Nine-storey Basantapur Tower, MoU on Volunteer Chinese Language Teachers, and MoU between Public Service Broadcasting Nepal Television and China Media Group, according to Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Krishna Prasad Dhakal.
According to Dhakal, the two sides also held discussions on expansion of connectivity, industrial and infrastructure development, cooperation in health, agriculture, trade, tourism, investment, science and technology, sports, disaster management, people-to-people relations between the two countries and enhancement of mutual cooperation in poverty alleviation, among others.
List of agreements/MoUs/LoEs
- Agreement on Economic and Technical Cooperation
- Letter of Exchange on Tokha-Chhahare Tunnel
- MoU on Trade Promotion Cooperation
- Protocol on Requirements of Thermally Processed Buffalo Meat Products to be Exported from Nepal to China
- MoU on Development Plan (2024-29)
- Letter of Exchange on Cash Assistance
- Handover Certificate of the Completion of the Reconstruction of Nine-storey Basantapur Tower
- MoU on Volunteer Chinese language Teachers
- MoU between Public Service Broadcasting Nepal Television and China Media Group
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