Kathmandu, June 21: During a courtesy
call on Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, Assistant Minister of the Chinese
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Kong Xuanyou shared that China was very positive
towards exploring the prospects for cooperation in new areas.
He paid a courtesy call to the PM at
the latter's office at Singha Durbar on Wednesday and expressed happiness on
the agreement signed between the two neighbours, on Tuesday at the 11th
meeting of the Diplomatic Consultation Mechanism, to further deepen cooperation
in the existing areas and explore the prospects of cooperation in new avenues.
The meeting agreed to work jointly to
reopen the Tatopani-Zhangmu border point at the earliest, and work to implement
various projects on cross-border connectivity, infrastructure development,
diversification of Nepal's trade, promotion of investment and tourism as per
the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation under the Belt and Road
Initiative signed by between the two countries on May 12.
Kong led a 12-member Chinese delegation
to the meeting.
He also called on Deputy Prime Minister
and Minister for Foreign Affairs Krishna Bahadur Mahara at the Ministry where
both the leaders discussed about further collaboration on implementing the Belt
and Road Initiative and establishment of the Cross-border Economic Zones
between Nepal and China.
The Assistant Minister is returning to
China Thursday morning.
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