Historical: Nepal and China agree to increase the highest peak in the world, Everest

Kathmandu (the capital of Nepal) and Beijing (City of China) have had differences over the exact height of the summit, since the two states had sent expeditions to officially measure. 8 thousand 848.86 meters is altitude, or a little more than thought.

Everest is the world's longest-named <x0mbol of... the friendship of Nepal and China”, said the foreign minister of this country with the longest-named peak in the world, Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, announcing these findings in a video call with his counterpart under the shortest name, Wang Yi, writes The Guardian, and Periscope.

Nepal had never before measured the height of Mount Everest but had used the measurements made by Indians, which was 8,848 feet [8,848 m], including snow.

Chinese measurements in 2005 had determined that the height was 8,844 feet [8,844 m] or about 15 feet [3.7 m] less than Indian measurements.

The climbers had said that a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in 2015 that killed nearly 9 thousand people in Nepal could have changed Everest's height. /Periscope