China, Nepal agree on building a trans-Himalayan network
Published: 08:39 pm Aug 11, 2022
![](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,<svg height="400px" width="400px" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1"/>)
BEIJING, AUGUST 11
China and Nepal have agreed to build the so-called Trans-Himalayan Multi-Dimensional Connectivity Network, the Chinese foreign ministry said, following a meeting between the foreign ministers of the two countries.
As part of the agreement, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said China would finance the feasibility study of a China-Nepal cross-border railway and send experts to Nepal to conduct surveys this year, Wang Wenbin, spokesperson at the foreign ministry, told a regular media briefing in Beijing on Thursday.
The network, under China's Belt and Road initiative, will involve the building of railways and communication networks. During a landmark visit by President Xi Jinping to Nepal in 2019, China and Nepal elevated their relationship to a 'strategic partnership'.