Chinese experts in Kathmandu to study cross-border railway line

KATHMANDU: A team of experts arrived in Kathmandu from China on Tuesday to conduct the feasibility study and survey of the China-Nepal cross-border railway line, according to the Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu.

“To conduct the feasibility study and survey of the China-Nepal cross-border railway has been a long-cherished dream of Nepali people and an important consensus reached by leaders of our two countries,” the Chinese mission in Kathmandu said in a statement.

According to the embassy, the railway line is also an integral part of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) between China and Nepal.

“China gives priority to Nepal’s aspiration and needs in this regard, and will proactively push ahead with the feasibility study with China aid fund. The two countries will maintain close contact and coordination in jointly carrying out the work ahead with a view of building a trans-Himalayan multi-dimensional connectivity network,” the embassy added in the statement.