China News Service, Beijing, December 8. Wang Yi, State Councilor and Foreign Minister of China, attended the China-Nepal joint announcement of the Mount Everest elevation event in Beijing on the 8th. He read and delivered a letter from President Xi Jinping to President Bhandari.
Wang Yi said that President Xi Jinping paid a state visit to Nepal in October last year and jointly planned the future development of bilateral relations with the Nepalese side, which opened up new bright prospects for China-Nepal friendship for generations.
During the period, the leaders of the two countries witnessed the signing of 20 cooperation documents, including the "Memorandum of Cooperation on the Protection of Mount Everest", and reached important consensus on the development of Mount Everest scientific research cooperation.
In April this year, President Xi Jinping spoke with President Bhandari and exchanged in-depth views on the development of bilateral relations and anti-epidemic cooperation.
This time, the two heads of state sent letters to each other and jointly announced that the newest elevation of Mount Everest, an important symbol of China-Nepal friendship for generations, is 88.886 meters, which fully reflects the high importance that both sides attach to the development of China-Nepal relations and also demonstrates the traditions of the two countries. Friendship and strategic mutual trust.
Wang Yi said that at present, the two sides are stepping up to implement the results of Chairman Xi Jinping’s visit to Nepal, join hands to fight the epidemic and promote practical cooperation.
China is willing to work together with Nepal to continue to firmly support the other side in taking a development path that suits its own national conditions, firmly support each other in defending national independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, consolidate political mutual trust, align development strategies, and promote the continuous construction of a trans-Himalayan three-dimensional interconnection network. Make progress and jointly create a bright future of win-win cooperation between China and Nigeria.
Foreign Minister Jawali said that the announcement of the latest elevation of Mount Everest between Nepal and China is a very special moment.
The friendship between Nepal and China has a long history.
Mount Everest has always been a symbol of friendship between Nepal and China.
According to the consensus reached between Nepal and China last year, the Nepal-China surveying and mapping department has established the latest elevation of Mount Everest through hard work.
Nepal and China have been carrying out all-round and fruitful cooperation.
The Nepali side believes that the friendly relations between Nepal and China, linked by mountains and rivers, will develop as high as Mount Everest, as pure as snow, and standing as solemnly as the Himalayas.
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