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Nepal, US sign agreement on cultural property

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Joint Secretary at Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Dr Suresh Shrestha (left), and the US Ambassador to Nepal, Dean R Thompson (right), signed the agreement amidst a function on Thursday. (Photo: RSS)

Nepal and the US have signed an agreement on cultural property in a bid to preserve cultural heritage of Nepal and curb illegal supply of artifacts.

Joint Secretary at Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Dr Suresh Shrestha, and the US Ambassador to Nepal, Dean R Thompson, signed the agreement amidst a function on Thursday. As per the agreement, the illegal supply of cultural property will be curbed and preservation of Nepal's rich cultural heritage strengthened.

Except the items bearing export certificate issued by Nepal government, the US will ban the import of certain archeological goods from Nepal as per the agreement.

The agreement is expected to curb the theft and smuggling of invaluable cultural property. Even the religious and classical objects, scripts and the woodcrafts bearing historical value would be protected from illegal dealing. Both countries will cooperate with each others to take action against those involved in theft and illegal supply.

During the agreement signing ceremony, Secretary at Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Mukunda Prasad Niraula, thanked the US government for its cooperation to preserve Nepal's cultural heritages.

Similarly, US Ambassador Thompson said the agreement has stressed the US government's respect to Nepal's cultural heritage. It helps to foster cooperation to control smuggling of cultural artifacts, he added.

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