A significant agreement was signed in Beijing today paving the way for China to make major inroads in Nepal. Seven years after an initial understanding for Kathmandu to be part of Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative or BRI, today's agreement lays the framework of how projects will be executed.

Nepal and China expressed their readiness to sign an MoU on building Trans-Himalayan Multi-Dimensional Connectivity Network focusing on enhancing connectivity in areas such as ports, roads, railways,