New delhi sources stated that when Xi Jinping flew from Chennai to Kathmandu on Saturday, he became the first Chinese President to visit nepal in 23 years. Earlier on Sunday, he rounded up the trip by signing as many as 20 agreements with Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, including the building of a road tunnel and a feasibility study of a railway link to Tibet. Meanwhile Oli’s time in office has been marked with Nepal’s growing closeness to China, india has worked hard not to be outdone.

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Furthermore during his first time in office, Prime Minister narendra modi visited nepal thrice. As the two Asian giants race to Kathmandu, nepal now sees opportunity in balancing both the relationships and the biggest highlight of President Xi’s visit to nepal was that both sides agreed to get started on the $2.75 billion trans-Himalayan connectivity network, which is Nepal’s link to Xi’s dream project the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).



Moreover a nepal government source said they hope to rebuild the entire road in the next 4 to 5 years with Chinese aid. Perhaps the big shift in relations came in 2016 when Prime Minister Oli visited china and the two sides signed many landmark agreements, including one which would allow Chinese fuel in Nepal. 


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