Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with Nepal PM Prachanda in Hangzhou.

Beijing/Kathmandu:

China and Nepal on Monday signed 12 agreements, together with seven MoUs, to reinforce bilateral cooperation in sectors together with commerce, street connectivity, and data expertise after Premier Li Qiang and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” held wide-ranging talks in Beijing.

During the assembly, the 2 leaders comprehensively reviewed the bilateral relations and expressed satisfaction over the shut and cordial ties subsisting between the 2 nations, based on a press launch issued by the Nepal embassy in Beijing.

The two sides exchanged views on the methods to additional strengthen and consolidate the mutual understanding and cooperation and provides a brand new impetus within the entrance of financial system, commerce and people-to-people contacts, it mentioned, two days after Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with Prachanda in Hangzhou on the sidelines of the Asian Games being held within the japanese Chinese metropolis.

Prachanda, who politically distanced from the pro-China Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) headed by KP Oli after turning into Prime Minister in December final 12 months, made his maiden go to to China after visiting India and the US.

Following the official bilateral talks, 12 agreements have been signed between the 2 nations, the Nepalese embassy mentioned.

The agreements embody an MoU for Cooperation between The National Planning Commission of Nepal and China’s National Development and Reform Commission; an MoU on enhancing digital financial system co-operation; an MoU associated to cooperation on inexperienced and low-carbon improvement; and an MoU on cooperation within the discipline of agriculture, livestock and fisheries, the discharge mentioned.

The two sides additionally signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the institution of a Joint Technical Working Group for the assessment and modification of the Nepal-China commerce and cost settlement.

They additionally signed a protocol of phytosanitary necessities for the export of plant-derived medicinal supplies for Chinese drugs from Nepal to China.

China and Nepal additionally signed MoUs on the Hilsa-Simkot Road Project and the Nepal-China Power Grid Interconnection Project (Chilime-Kerung).

The different agreements embody cooperation within the fields of science, expertise and innovation; and within the discipline of Human Resources Development, the discharge mentioned.

Prachanda additionally met with National People’s Congress Chairman Zhao Leji throughout which they centered on additional broadening the historic ties between Nepal and China and selling trade of high-level visits, it mentioned.

On Saturday, Prime Minister Prachanda met Chinese President Xi.

“Had a fruitful meeting with Xi Jinping, President of PR China. We exchanged views on a range of issues of bilateral relations and cooperation in our mutual interests. We agreed to collaborate closely and advance Nepal-China relations to strengthen ever-lasting friendship,” Prachanda mentioned in a submit on platform X after the assembly.

Prachanda has straight flown to China from New York, the place he addressed the 78th General Assembly of the United Nations.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV employees and is printed from a syndicated feed.)