Nepal-China relations further consolidated: PM Oli

March 29, Kathmandu: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has stated that the Nepal-China relations have been bolstered with the grant of 800,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine that has been provided by China to Nepal.

In a programme organized to receive the vaccines at his official residence in Baluwatar on Monday, Prime Minister Oli shared that China developed the vaccines to contain the pandemic prioritizing the humanitarian cause.

PM Oli further shared that the Government of Nepal (GoN) was also prioritizing the saving the lives of its people and was also purchasing vaccines from neighbouring countries.

The vaccines developed by the Beijing Institute of Biological Products Co. Ltd were provided to Nepal in grant support.

Addressing the vaccine hand-over programme on Monday, Prime Minister shared that the same kind of vaccines produced by the same company would be provided in the second round.

Referring to rumour that the government was failing to provide the same kind of vaccines to receivers in the second dose, PM Oli clarified that the same vaccines would be managed for the second round as well.

On the occasion, addressing the event Chinese ambassador to Nepal Hou Yanqi shared Chinese President, Xi Xinping’s commitment to make the COVID vaccines available as public property to the world community.

She said that it was a symbol of commitment to the people of both countries.

Ambassador Yanqi stated that the Chinese side was aware of Nepal’s initiatives to contain COVID-19 under PM Oli’s leadership.

She also said that the bilateral projects will get momentum with the normalcy of the situation.

Chinese ambassador Yanqi had handed over the vaccines to the PM amid a function organized in PM’s official residence Baluwatar.