Kathmandu, Sept 1: The Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS) and China’s Xinhua News Agency are to sign an agreement for exchange of news.
The Council of the Ministers of Nepal has approved the agreement letter on the exchange the cooperation between these two state-owned news agencies.
Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Prithvi Subba Gurung informed so here on Monday while unveiling the decisions of the cabinet meeting convened on August 29.
Minister Gurung, also the Spokesperson of the government, shared that agreement between the RSS and Xinhua News Agency will be inked during Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s ongoing visit to China.
Likewise, RSS’s Deputy General Manager Somnath Lamichhane stated that while there had been a previous news exchange agreement between the RSS and Xinhua News Agency, the current agreement has been updated and expanded to reflect the latest advancements in media and communications sector.
The current agreement is going to be signed taking into account recent advancement in information technology and emergence of new genres in the communication sector.
The agreement stipulates that the Xinhua will continue to provide RSS with news and photographs in English, as it has in the past, along with the video and multimedia contents in English, all free of charge.
The agreement also includes provision for exchange of experience among the reports, editors and technical experts between the RSS and the Xinhua News Agency.
Furthermore, the two state-owned agencies have agreed to collaborate for conducting training programmes and exchange expertise in integrating news technologies in their news agencies operation. —
