China, Nepal Ink Six-Point Pact to Bolster Parliamentary Engagement Under BRI

Nepal signed onto the Beijing-backed New Silk Road project in 2017. In 2019, Chinese President Xi Jinping paid a visit to Kathmandu, during which the two nations elevated their bilateral ties to “strategic partnership of cooperation.” The Communist parties of the two nations also inked a pact to bolster intra-party ties during Xi's visit.