Nepal moots visa waiver with China on mutual basis

KATHMANDU, Feb 28: Nepal government has proposed scrapping visa formalities for a visit to China on reciprocal basis, said Indian Express quoting unnamed "high-level sources" in the Foreign Ministry, Kathmandu.



The Indian paper´s web portal said on Saturday the proposal may be formalized when Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal pays an official trip to Beijing sometime next month.



Industrialist Rajesh Kaji Shrestha, who heads the Nepal-China Chamber of Commerce, mooted the visa-waiver idea, the paper said.



Nepal and India have visa-waiver arrangement for their citizens.

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