The Tenth session of China-Nepal Inter Government Economic and
Trade Committee Meeting (IGETC) was held on Tuesday in
Kathmandu.
The Chinese delegation led by Wang Chao, Assistant Minister of
Commerce of the People's Republic of China, and the Nepali
delegation led by Vidyadhar Mallik, the Secretary of Finance of
Nepal, held the meeting in a cordial and friendly atmosphere.
Welcoming the Chinese delegation, Mallik expressed the strong
desire of the Nepali Government to broaden and deepen the bilateral
trade and economic cooperation.
During the meeting, the two sides have reviewed the development
of bilateral trade, economic and technical cooperation after the
ninth IGETC, and expressed the desire of further strengthening and
promoting the bilateral friendly cooperation, and signed a
Minutes.
Agreement of Economic and Technical Cooperation to support
Nepal's economic development and two Letters of Exchange about
technical support for an X-ray inspection system and logistic
support for the Constitutional Assembly Election by China were also
signed.
The Chinese delegation will call on Prime Minister Girija Prasad
Koirala, and Minister of Finance Ram Sharan Mahat and Minister of
Industrial, Commercial and Supplies Rajendra Mahato.
(Xinhua News Agency July 25, 2007)