CHINA-NEPAL: NEPAL'S PRIME MINISTER DEUBA INAUGURATES US$ 76 MILLION CHINESE-BUILT AIRPORT IN BHAIRAHAWA
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Nepal's Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba opened a US$ 76 million Chinese-built airport at
Bhairahawa intended to capitalise on Buddhist tourism, as Indian Prime Minister Narendra
Modi landed a few kilometres away at Lumbini to mark the birth, enlightenment, and death of
the Buddha. Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew by helicopter directly from a nearby Indian
airport to Lumbini, bypassing the new airport.
(Comment: The airport in Bhairahawa, the closest city to Lumbini, is funded by the Asian
Development Bank and OPEC Fund for International Development and built by China's
Northwest Civil Aviation Airport Construction Group.
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