- Thursday, 5 December 2024
Nepal and China sign BRI Cooperation Framework
MoFA secretary Amrit Bahadur Rai (second from left) and China's NDRC vice chairperson Liu Sushe (second from right), exchange the Framework after signing.
By TRN Online, Kathmandu, Dec 4: Nepal and China have singed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Cooperation Framework.
The signing ceremony was held this afternoon in Beijing.
Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amrit Bahadur Rai, and vice chairperson of National Development and Reform Commission of China, Liu Sushe, signed and exchanged the Framework, according to Prakash Silwal, press coordinator of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.
The keenly awaited signing of the Framework took place on the third day of PM Oli's official visit to China, the northern neighbour, and a day after China and Nepal stated in their joint statement that the BRI Cooperation Framework would be signed soon.
Today is the third day of PM Oli's four-day official visit to China.
Nepal and China signed BRI framework in May 2017.
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