g: China has assured India that all preparatory steps are being taken to open the new pilgrimage route to Kailash and Manasarovar in Tibet through Sikkim in summer next year as promised by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The assurance was given by Jiang Jie, Vice Chairman of the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) during his meeting with Indian Ambassador Ashok K Kantha who is currently touring Tibet to make preparations for the Yatris and to expand border trade through Sikkim border.
During the meeting, Jiang recalled the recent successful visit of Xi to India and the decision taken during the visit to open an additional route for pilgrimage to Mount Kailash and lake Mansarovar through the Nathu la Pass, an Indian Embassy Press release here said on Tuesday.
Jiang assured Ambassador that all preparatory steps are being taken to open the new route in the summer of 2015, it said.