Nepal's Foreign Secretary Shankar Das Bairagi and China's Ambassador to Nepal, Yu Hong (L), exchange documents during a signing ceremony relating to the One Belt One Road initiative in Kathmandu. Photo: AFP Nepal's Foreign Secretary Shankar Das Bairagi and China's Ambassador to Nepal, Yu Hong (L), exchange documents during a signing ceremony relating to the One Belt One Road initiative in Kathmandu. Photo: AFP
Nepal's Foreign Secretary Shankar Das Bairagi and China's Ambassador to Nepal, Yu Hong (L), exchange documents during a signing ceremony relating to the One Belt One Road initiative in Kathmandu. Photo: AFP
Asia /  Diplomacy

Nepal joins China's ‘One Belt, One Road’ initiative, possibly alarming India

Although Nepal had made verbal commitments in the past to support China’s Silk Road initiative, Friday’s signing officially translates that commitment to a binding agreement

Topic |   Belt and Road Initiative
Kyodo
Kyodo

Updated: 2:55pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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Nepal's Foreign Secretary Shankar Das Bairagi and China's Ambassador to Nepal, Yu Hong (L), exchange documents during a signing ceremony relating to the One Belt One Road initiative in Kathmandu. Photo: AFP Nepal's Foreign Secretary Shankar Das Bairagi and China's Ambassador to Nepal, Yu Hong (L), exchange documents during a signing ceremony relating to the One Belt One Road initiative in Kathmandu. Photo: AFP
Nepal's Foreign Secretary Shankar Das Bairagi and China's Ambassador to Nepal, Yu Hong (L), exchange documents during a signing ceremony relating to the One Belt One Road initiative in Kathmandu. Photo: AFP
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