Nepal will provide two one-horned
rhinoceros as gifts to China upon the request from the Chinese side.
Forest Minister Agni Sapkota said
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has directed to forward the process to gift a pair
of mammals to the northern neighbors.
“PM Oli has agreed to gift a pair of
rhinos to China. The gifts will be made after a cabinet decision,” he said.
Chinese Forest Minister Zhang Jianlong and other Chinese officials had
requested the Nepali side for the rhinos during Forest Minister Sapkota’s visit
to China.
“I had forwarded their request to
the PM. The process to gift the rhinos will soon go ahead,” Sapkota said.
Sapkota said preparations were being made to gift the mammals during an
impending visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Nepal.
In exchange for the rhinos, the
Chinese side had agreed to provide financial and technical assistant for the
proposed Forensic Science Laboratory in Bhaktapur, assist in establishing an
international center on community forests, Minister Sapkoa said.
As per a recent census, there are
645 rhinos in Nepal. Of the total, 605 of them are in Chitwan National Park.
The rhinos to be gifted to China will also be selected from the park.source by Kathmandu post
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