The Nepal Art Council (NAC) and the China-Nepal OBOR Cultural Exchange Promotion Association have reached an eight-point agreement in relation to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and cultural ties between the two neighbours. 

The agreement aims to respond positively to the BRI, deepen the friendship between Nepali and Chinese people and enhance the cultural communications between the two countries. 

A memorandum of understanding was signed by Shankar Nath Rimal, general secretary of the council and Will OOI, president of the association amid a programme held on Saturday on the occasion of the first “Belt and Road” China-Nepal Cultural Festival. 

The MoU stressed the need for maintaining constant and close contact to promote the exchanges of artists and art works between the two countries. Following the signing of MoU, Rimal and OOI said that the agreement would help enhance and strengthen people-to-people and state-to-state relations between the two countries through the exchange of cultures.