Chinese-built airport inaugurated in Nepal in fresh sign of growing bilateral cooperation pakobserver.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pakobserver.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Echoing increasing cooperation between China and Nepal, a new international airport built by a Chinese company with Chinese loans was inaugurated in Nepal on Sunday, with officials from both countries hailing the project as a major success of bilateral cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
In addition to Afghan pine nuts, which have won increasing popularity in the Chinese market, more products including figs, raisins, carpets and ornaments from Afghanistan are put on show at the ongoing fifth China International Import Expo (CIIE), eyeing a larger market share through the platform.
As Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will start his visit to China on Tuesday, China expresses a warm welcome and looks forward to further promoting high-level strategic cooperation with Pakistan, including the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Zhao Lijian, a spokesperson of China’s Foreign Ministry, said on Monday.
Chinese infrastructure companies in Pakistan are playing an increasingly important role in supporting the regional economy and livelihoods as the country looks for more joint efforts from the international community to facilitate the gradual recovery from the lingering devastation of recent floods.