According to Xinhua, the government of Nepal is working to send two government teams to China, to study the possibility of Chinese ports being used as a third country trade. This step follows Nepal and China’s signed protocol concerning the transit transport agreement.
Kedar Bahadur Adhikari, Nepali Commerce Secretary, commented that his ministry has sent a request to Nepali Foreign Ministry to make necessary arrangements for the visit of commerce ministry’s teams to China.
In addition, China is the third country Nepal has signed transit agreement after India and Bangladesh.
Officials from Nepal addressed that the country should enhance its transport infrastructure to be able to establish its place as a third country trade through China commercially viable.
Concluding, Nawaraj Dhakal, joint secretary at the Nepal’s Commerce Ministry highlighted
As we are a landlocked country, it is important that the country has access to the sea from different countries.