China and Nepal agreed on Thursday to construct a frontier inspection1 station and facilitate resumption of Nepal-China border point, which has been closed after a devastating2 earthquake in 2015.
本周四,中国与尼泊尔商量决定在建立一座边检站并推进中尼边界线的恢复,该边检站在2015年的一场地震中被关闭。
Amid a special function organized at Nepal's
Ministry3 of Finance in Kathmandu, the two neighbors signed an agreement on the Post-disaster Recovery for Tatopani (Zhangmu) Frontier Inspection Station Project.
The agreement was signed by Chinese Ambassador Yu Hong and Nepal's Secretary at Ministry of Finance Shankar Prasad Adhikari. The support is under a 3-billion-Chinese yuan (475-million-U.S. dollar) grant pledged by China during International Conference for Nepal's
Reconstruction4 in 2015.
"The Chinese government has been making positive effort to reopen the Zhangmu port. We will carry out work of disaster treatment and road repair on the Chinese side. Considering the construction of border inspection station, both the countries have been discussing reconstruction of the border bridge," Ambassador Yu said.
Tatopani, known as Zhangmu port, was
severely9 damaged in the 2015 earthquake and could not function because of
geographical10 challenges. Since then, the Kerung port, also known as Rasuwagadhi, has been in operation for cross border trading and tourism.