Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Aigul Japarova, wife of Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov, visited the National Historical Museum of the Kyrgyz Republic on Monday.
At the museum, Peng and Japarova watched a welcome performance together before visiting a traditional culture exhibition of Kyrgyzstan.
Peng said the costumes, carpets and other objects on show, are exquisitely crafted and richly colored, and reflect the Kyrgyz people's long-standing handicraft traditions and unique customs.
Both China and Kyrgyzstan attach great importance to preserving and passing on traditional culture, she said, expressing the expectation that the two countries will continue to expand people-to-people and cultural exchanges and further enhance bonds between their people.
They also visited an art exhibition on ancient Chinese civilization organized by both sides and watched a Kyrgyz ethnic costume show, where they expressed willingness to promote cultural exchanges and mutual learning between the two countries.
The National Historical Museum of the Kyrgyz Republic is the highest-level national museum in Kyrgyzstan, housing a collection of artifacts that traces the history and development of the Kyrgyz people.
Peng Liyuan visits Kyrgyz national historical museum
Peng Liyuan visits Kyrgyz national historical museum
Nepalese authorities have deployed military helicopters to expedite aerial rescue and relief operations in the regions devastated by a mudslide on Wednesday morning.
In Batar, about 65 kilometers from Kathmandu, the Nepalese military has set up a main command post, transforming the area into the central hub for relief supplies headed to mudslide-hit districts.
On the route to hard-hit Nuwakot, helicopters constantly take off and land at an emergency distribution point, flying water, bread, and other essentials into areas that road vehicles cannot reach. The airlifts have become a lifeline for survivors in isolated locations.
As relief crew members are pushing deeper into the disaster zone, they find that some mudslide-affected areas look flat but are as boggy and unstable as swamps. The road ahead is completely ruined, and no vehicles can get through.
Chinese tunnel experts were scheduled to carry out rescue operations locally in Trisuli on Sunday. It is understood that the Chinese tunnel experts heading to the front line encountered road blockages there and were subsequently forced to take helicopters to the worst-hit area. On Sunday afternoon, Zhao Bo, one of the experts who had just returned from a field survey at a project site, said that despite the challenging conditions and difficulties in transporting equipment, the team would never give up even the slightest chance of rescue.
"All our transportation is now cut off. We have no way to transport our equipment and demolition tools up to the site. We're wondering if we could procure some lighter materials to speed up our excavation progress and push a little further forward," said Zhao.
The death toll from the devastating mudslide in Nepal had risen to 907 as of 10:30 local time on Monday, according to the latest figures released by the Nepali Police.
Nepal deploys military helicopters to expedite rescue, relief operations after deadly mudslide
