Kathmandu, June 24
Minister
for Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Ramesh Rizal, is in Kashgar (Kashi) in
Xinjiang of China to participate in the 13th Xinjiang-Kashi-Central
Asia and South Asia Commodity Fair organized by Kashi Prefecture Administration
and Government of China.
The
Embassy of Nepal in Beijing informed in a statement on Saturday that the
minister is leading a delegation and was received by Liu Zhong, General
Secretary of the Prefectural Administration of Kashi district at the airport on
Tuesday, 20 June.
While
delivering a statement in the opening ceremony of the Expo on June 21, Minister
Rizal underscored that the expo is a good platform for the exhibitors,
entrepreneurs and businessmen from South Asia and Central Asia to showcase
their products and strengthen economic as well as people-to-people relations.
He
appreciated the trade facilities provided by China for Nepali products and stressed
the need for measures to be undertaken to further facilitate Nepali exports to
China.
Kashi,
located in the southwest of Xinjiang, is considered a core area of the Silk
Road Economic Belt connecting five ports and eight countries and China’s major
international gateway to Central Asia, South Asia, West Asia and Europe.
During
the visit, the Nepali delegation also visited the Kashi Economic Development Zone,
the ancient city of Kashi, the Hualin traditional market, the modern
Agricultural Industrial Park and the Shufu County Ethnic Musical Instrument Village
of Kashgar.
The
Expo was attended by ministerial level delegations from six countries including
Nepal, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan whereas
other envoys, academia, think tanks, media, and more than 200 businessmen also
participated in the Expo.
The
Nepali delegation comprised Shobha Kumari Sharma Rizal, Spouse of Minister Rizal,
Ramchandra Tiwari, Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and
Supplies, Brihaspati Shrestha, personal secretary of the Minister as well as
senior officials at the Embassy of Nepal in Beijing.
Minister
Rizal is scheduled to return to Kathmandu on June 26.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 25 June 2023.
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