Nepal gets consulate in China’s Chengdu

BEIJING: Nepal has opened a consulate general in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu, its fifth diplomatic mission in the country in the latest symbol of deepening ties between Kathmandu and Beijing. India and China had reached an agreement in 2015 to establish an Indian consulate in Chengdu and one for China in Chennai. Neither has come up. Apart from its embassy in Beijing, Nepal already has consulates in Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, and Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong, an economic powerhouse. It also has a consulate office in Hong Kong, special administrative region of China.