Kathmandu, Jan. 5 : An agreement on cultural cooperation was reached in Beijing on December 27 between His Majesty’s Government and the People’s Republic of China.

Minister for Youth, Sports and Culture Sharat Singh Bhandari and China’s Culture Minister Sun Jiazheng signed the agreement on behalf of their respective governments.

The agreement will last for five years.

Under the agreement, the two countries will cooperate in communications, science and technology, sports, tourism, literature, art and art education and culture industry.

non-governmental orga-nisations working in the two countries for the welfare of women, youths, the elderly and the disable will also extend their cooperation to each other, it is stated.