Nepal and China, during Prime Minister KP Oli’s latest official visit to China, signed a new deal titled “Development plan for year 2025-2029” under the ambit of Belt and Road Initiative and Trans Himalayan Multi Dimensional Connectivity Network (THMDCN). However, the text of the new agreement signed between Nepal’s Ministry of Finance and China International...
UML, Congress remain split over BRI funding terms
Nepal’s two largest and ruling parties were busy in internal meetings in the past few days. The Nepali Congress central executive committee met on Monday, while the CPN-UML held a meeting of the party’s secretariat on Tuesday. The main topic of discussion in both parties’ meetings was Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s recent visit to...
Nepal, China sign nine deals
Nepal and China signed a total of nine deals, including memorandums of understanding and agreements, on Tuesday during Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s official visit. According to the foreign ministry spokesperson Krishna Prasad Dhakal, the agreements and MoUs include letter of exchange on the construction of the Tokha-Chhahare tunnel, MoU on Nepal-China trade enhancement, exchange...
Donald Lu urges transparency in BRI deal
Even as the recent agreement on framework for Belt and Road cooperation between Nepal and China continues to trigger heated debates in the country, visiting US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu has said that the BRI deal should be transparent. He also stated that before making any comment...
नेपालले कोसँग कति ऋण लिएको छ, भारत र चीनलाई कति ब्याज तिर्छ
प्रधानमन्त्री केपी शर्मा ओली चीन जाने मिति नजिकिँदै गर्दा ‘बेइजिङसँग थप ऋण लिनु आवश्यक छ कि छैन’ भन्ने बहस बाक्लिँदै गएको छ। सत्ता गठबन्धनकै प्रमुख घटक नेपाली कांग्रेसले चीनसँग ऋण लिन नहुने अडान राखेपछि प्रधानमन्त्री ओली चेपुवामा परेको विश्लेषण पनि कतिपयले गरिरहेका छन्। चिनियाँ अवधारणा ‘बेल्ट एन्ड रोड इनिशटिभ’ (बीआरआई) को कार्यान्वयनसम्बन्धी सम्झौताअन्तर्गत नेपाल बेइजिङसँग...
‘बीआरआई फ्रेमवर्क’मा हस्ताक्षरपछि पनि ‘ऋण वा अनुदान’ को विवाद किन
प्रधानमन्त्री केपी शर्मा ओलीको हालैको बेइजिङ भ्रमणका क्रममा नेपाल र चीनबीच ‘बेल्ट एन्ड रोड इनिशटिभ सहकार्यको फ्रेमवर्क’ मा हस्ताक्षर भइसकेपछि पनि ‘ऋण वा अनुदान’ भन्ने पुरानो विवाद जारी नै रहे उक्त सम्झौताको कार्यान्वयनमा समस्या निम्तने चिन्ता व्यक्त भएको छ। दुई देशले हस्ताक्षर गरेको यो ‘फ्रेमवर्क’लाई सन् २०१७ मा नेपाल र चीनबीच ‘बीआरआई’ सम्झौता भएयताको महत्त्वपूर्ण...
Full text of BRI framework made public
KATHMANDU, Dec 10: The full text of the Framework Agreement on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Cooperation between Nepal and China has been made public. During his visit to China, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli signed the agreement and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) made the full text available on its website on...
Nepal Signs Belt and Road Deal
The Nepalese government announced on Wednesday that it signed a framework agreement with China on the Belt and Road Initiative. Kathmandu signed an initial BRI agreement in 2017, but projects have not progressed so far. The new agreement paves the way for Nepal to join the BRI fully. The newly-inaugurated Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli...
Railway can drive Nepal’s BRI programs to new height
With the signing of a memorandum of understanding on China-Nepal cooperation under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative and the recent deal on BRI framework agreement for project implementation, Nepal is expected to make a major headway in the implementation of the initiative. Amid several ups and downs including some obscurities, internal political...
बिआरआई परियोजना कार्यान्वयन गर्नुपर्नेमा सांसद चौधरीको जोड
नेकपा(एकीकृत समाजवादी)का सांसद मेटमणि चौधरीले बिआरआई परियोजना कार्यान्वयन गर्नुपर्नेमा जोड दिएका छन् । मंगलवार प्रतिनिधि सभा बैठकको विशेष समयमा बोल्दै सांसद चौधरीले बिआरआई परियोजना कार्यान्वयनमा ध्यान दिन सरकारलाई आग्रह गरेका हुन। उनले बिआरआई परियोजना अनुदानमा ल्याउनुपर्ने बताए। अनुदानमा नभए कमभन्दा कम व्याजदरमा ल्याएर भएपनि परियोजना कार्यान्वयन गर्नुपर्ने उनको भनाई छ। उनले परियोजना कार्यान्वयनसँगै व्यापार हुने,...