Kathmandu, July 10
Minister for International
Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Liu
Jianchao paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Sunday.
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
(MoFA) in a statement informed that matters of mutual interest between Nepal
and China were discussed during the meeting.
Likewise, Liu also had a
meeting with Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Narayan Khadka at the MoFA where
the two ministers exchanged views on further strengthening the bilateral
relations between the two countries.
Minister Liu and his six-member
delegation arrived in Kathmandu Sunday morning on a three-day visit to Nepal.
He was welcomed by the representatives
of different political parties of Nepal, and an official of the MoFA upon his
arrival at the Tribhuvan International Airport.
This is the first foreign trip
of Liu after he assumed the leadership of the International Department of the
Communist Party of China earlier in June.
Immediately after assuming the
post, he had held virtual meetings with Foreign Minister Dr. Khadka, CPN-UML
chairman KP Sharma Oli, and CPN-Maoist Centre chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Prachanda.
UML leader Pradeep Gyawali
informed that visiting Minister Liu and party chairman Oli are scheduled to meet
on Tuesday.
"They are likely to
discuss about enhancing bilateral relations between the two countries. However,
since this is the first visit of Liu, it will be an introductory meeting,"
Gyawali said.
He also said that relationship
between UML and CPC will also be discussed during the meeting.
Likewise, the visiting minister
will meet Maoist Centre chairman Prachanda at the latter’s residence in
Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Monday afternoon.
Prachanda’s press coordinator
Surya Kiran Shrama informed that contemporary issues between the two countries and
the parties would be discussed in the meeting.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 11 July 2022.
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