Kathmandu – CPN-UML Secretary Yogesh Bhattarai has said that Pokhara International Airport is not under the BRI project.

Bhattarai, who is also the former Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Speaking at the Aviation Meet-2024 organized by the Nepal Civil Aviation Authority on Friday, he said it is wrong to explain that Pokhara International Airport is under the BRI project.

Birendra B Basnet

Buddha Air Executive Chairman Birendra Bahadur Basnet had said that India had not granted flight permission to Pokhara International Airport because it was a project under the BRI project agreed upon with China, and that India could grant flight permission if the government said that Pokhara International Airport was not under the BRI.

‘Pokhara International Airport is not a BRI project. When the BRI framework was signed during the Prime Minister’s visit to China, everyone knows which projects were undertaken,’ he said, ‘. The 10 projects mentioned in the agreement are under the BRI project. There are projects for railways, roads, education and transmission lines.’ He also mentioned that there is no need to discuss with India when talking about the BRI.