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China Offers Nepal Cooperation on Rescue Efforts After Border Floods
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China Offers Nepal Cooperation on Rescue Efforts After Border Floods

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi has offered Nepal increased cooperation in rescue and emergency assistance following severe floods that impacted both Nepal and Tibet.
  • The floods have resulted in hundreds of deaths and nearly 3,000 disappearances, with China pledging humanitarian aid and assistance with road openings and communications.
  • Both countries are coordinating rescue efforts, including the arrival of international specialists, as concerns grow over damaged hydroelectric projects and blocked tunnels.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has pledged enhanced cooperation with Nepal in rescue and emergency assistance efforts following devastating floods that have ravaged areas in both Nepal and China's Tibet Autonomous Region. The disaster has claimed hundreds of lives and left nearly 3,000 people missing.

China will continue to provide humanitarian aid and will collaborate with Nepal in the opening of roads, communications, and assistance in the affected areas.

— Wang YiOutlining China's commitment to assisting Nepal after the floods.

During a phone call with his Nepali counterpart, Sishir Khanal, Wang Yi stated that China will continue to provide humanitarian aid. Beijing will also collaborate with Nepal on opening roads, restoring communications, and providing assistance in affected zones. "The complexity and difficulty of the relief efforts are unprecedented," Wang Yi noted, adding that Chinese relief supplies are nearing Kathmandu.

The complexity and difficulty of the relief efforts are unprecedented.

— Wang YiDescribing the scale of the disaster response.

China has shared satellite imagery, hydrological data, and information on a natural dam formed upstream with Nepal. Wang Yi expressed hope that Nepal would facilitate the return of Chinese citizens stranded in Nepal, mirroring China's measures for Nepali citizens in China. Nepal's official conveyed condolences for victims in Tibet's Gyirong county and thanked China for its aid, affirming readiness for continued coordination.

China has taken the necessary measures for stranded Nepali citizens in Chinese territory and will help them return to Nepal as soon as possible.

— Wang YiAddressing the situation of citizens affected by the disaster.

Nepal has revised its earlier decision to restrict international rescue teams, now permitting a limited number of foreign specialists in tunnel operations, forensic identification, and DNA testing, including experts from China. A significant concern remains for hydroelectric projects impacted by the floods, where 933 workers are unaccounted for and tunnels are blocked by debris. The floods, preliminarily attributed to the collapse of a glacial ice mass, have officially resulted in at least 682 deaths and 2,980 disappearances according to separate tallies from Nepal and China.

Nepal conveyed its condolences for the victims registered in the Tibetan county of Gyirong and thanked China for the aid provided.

— Nepali officialResponding to China's offer of assistance and expressing gratitude.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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