China agreed to consider building a railway into Nepal and to start a feasibility study for a free trade agreement.
Nepali Prime Minister K.P. Oli raised the possibility of two rail lines, one connecting three of Nepal’s most important cities and two other crossing the border from China into Nepal, according to Hou Yanqi, deputy head of the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s Asia Division.
The Chinese government will encourage Chinese firms to look at the internal rail plan, added Hou Yanqi. China is already planning to extend the railway from the Tibetan city of Shigatse to Gyirong on the Nepal border.
“Of course, a further extension from Gyirong is an even longer-term plan. It’s up to geographic and technical conditions, financing ability. We believe that far in the future the two will countries be connected by rail,” Hou Yanqi said.
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