China has offered to supply LPG to Nepal after gifting fuel to ease the crisis in the country, due to a blockade at key border trade points with India. According to Nepal’s Ambassador to China, Dr Mahesh Maskey, China has expressed its willingness to supply cooking gas bullets directly to Kathmandu by establishing a joint customs point at Panchkhal of Kavrepalanchowk district.
The move came as Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli asked India to end an undeclared blockade” that has left the country desperately short of fuel and other supplies. During a televised address to the nation yesterday, Oli said the crisis brought by the blockade was more severe than war-time situation. Meanwhile, Nepalese authorities are preparing for signing a trade agreement with China to bring in more fuel.