Nepal free trade study to be launched, rail link considered

China will start a feasibility study on free trade with Nepal and consider extending a rail link to its mountainous neighbor, Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday.

Li and Nepal's Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli witnessed the signing of an agreement to start the free trade study and nine other documents after their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

The agreements include a concessional loan for a new airport in Pokhara, Nepal, a tourist destination.