Nepal-China Holds a Second Meeting on Cooperation Programmes and Projects in Nepal

Kathmandu: The second meeting of the Mechanism for Facilitation on the Implementation of Nepal-China Cooperation Programmes and Projects in Nepal was held in Kathmandu on May 23.

Foreign Secretary Amrit Bahadur Rai and the Ambassador of China to Nepal Chen Song co-chaired the meeting, leading their respective delegations, reads the press statement of Foreign Ministry of Nepal.

The Nepali delegation comprised senior officials from various ministries and agencies of the Government of Nepal responsible for the implementation of the Nepal-China Programmes and projects, and the Chinese delegation consisted of senior officials of the Embassy of China in Kathmandu.

Moreover, the meeting reviewed the progress of ongoing Nepal-China economic and development cooperation programmes and projects, identifying measures to expedite their timely and effective implementation.

The mechanism, formed under the bilateral MoU signed on 21 June 2018, serves as a platform to review the status of ongoing Nepal-China programmes and projects, identify challenges, and take measures to address them with priority.