Nepal, March 27 -- Nepal and China on Tuesday reiterated their commitment to 'very soon' sign the implementation plan of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which will pave the way for working out financing and investment modality of the projects to be executed in Nepal under the initiative.

During the delegation-level talks between Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Narayan Kaji Shrestha and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing, the two sides agreed to sign the BRI implementation plan "as soon as possible," according to a Nepali participant in the talks.

No specific date has been finalised, but it could happen during the upcoming foreign secretary-level meeting in Kathmandu or on the seventh anniversary of the...