KATHMANDU, March 28 -- Nepal and China have reached an agreement to promptly finalize the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Implementation Plan, as Beijing pushes for Kathmandu to accelerate the implementation of BRI projects.

In a delegation-level meeting held between Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing on Tuesday, the two countries have renewed their commitment to expediting BRI projects by expeditiously signing the BRI Implementation Plan.

Highly-placed government officials said the signing of the Implementation Plan is anticipated to occur during the forthcoming high-level visits from Beijing to Kathmandu over the next few months.

During Prime Minister Pushpa ...