Friday, September 6, 2019

Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi to visit Nepal

The Foreign Ministry today confirmed the two-day official visit of Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi.
Issuing a press note today, the ministry said the State Councillor and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China Wang Yi is scheduled to visit Nepal from September 8 to September 10.
During Wang Yi’s stay in Nepal, he will call on President Bidya Devi Bhandari and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister will also hold delegation-level bilateral talks with his Nepali counterpart Pradeep Kumar Gyawali on Monday, the note reads adding that the three-day visit is also expected to pave way for the visit of President Xi Jinping to Nepal and possible agreements between the two countries under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
President Bidya Devi Bhandari during her visit to China in April – to address the second BRI Forum for International Cooperation held in Beijing – had extended invitation to Chinese President Xi to visit Nepal.  President Xi had expressed his willingness to visit Nepal at his convenient time. The Chinese President Xi is expected to visit Kathmandu in the course of his five-day state visit to India beginning from October 11.

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