Kathmandu: In a demand that may have strategic geopolitical implications for India, prime minister Madhav Kumar Nepal has asked China to extend the Beijing-Lhasa railway line to Kathmandu.
"The economic ties between Nepal and China could be taken to a new height if the railway line that has reached upto Lhasa from mainland China could be extended upto Kathmandu, and economic infrastructure could be developed on the Himalayan transit points between Nepal and China," prime minister Nepal noted.
The 1956-km long Qinghai-Tibet railway is a high-altitude line that connects Xining in Qinghai to Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous region. This railway is the first to connect China proper with the remote Tibetan region.
Nepal is committed not to allow anti-China activity from its soil, the PM said.
"I would like to assure our Chinese friends to become assured on behalf of Nepal that the Himalayan republic will not allow any anti-China activities on its soil," the prime minister said, inaugurating the Chinese cultural festival in Kathmandu yesterday.
Nepal is fully committed to the One China policy and that the basis of Nepal-China relations is the Panchasheel or the five principle of peaceful coexistence, he said.
"The economic ties between Nepal and China could be taken to a new height if the railway line that has reached upto Lhasa from mainland China could be extended upto Kathmandu, and economic infrastructure could be developed on the Himalayan transit points between Nepal and China," prime minister Nepal noted.
The 1956-km long Qinghai-Tibet railway is a high-altitude line that connects Xining in Qinghai to Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous region. This railway is the first to connect China proper with the remote Tibetan region.
Nepal is committed not to allow anti-China activity from its soil, the PM said.
"I would like to assure our Chinese friends to become assured on behalf of Nepal that the Himalayan republic will not allow any anti-China activities on its soil," the prime minister said, inaugurating the Chinese cultural festival in Kathmandu yesterday.
Nepal is fully committed to the One China policy and that the basis of Nepal-China relations is the Panchasheel or the five principle of peaceful coexistence, he said.