KATHMANDU: Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Gyawali has said that Nepal’s technical capacity has gained new height with the completion of the measurement of the world’s tallest mountain Mt Sagarmatha using Nepali resources and technology.
“This is not a mere declaration of a new height of Sagarmatha but a moment of feat and glory of the nation”, Minister Gyawali said at the press meet held to announce the new height of Mt Everest.
The joint declaration of the new height of Mt Sagarmatha has also achieved official, scientific, and public recognition about the height of the world’s tallest peak.
As the northern part of Sagarmatha is related to the People’s Republic of China it was essential to making a joint announcement of its height, for credibility.
Minister Gyawali also shared that both Nepali and Chinese surveyors reached to the same facts in their respective data processing of the measurement work done by the two sides. “There is now both facts and uniformity,” he said.
On the occasion, Foreign Minister Gyawali extended gratitude to Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation Padma Kumari Aryal for accomplishing two landmarks, including the publication of a new political and administrative map and the measurement of the height of Mt. Sagarmatha.
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