Kathmandu, Nov. 29
Prime
Minister KP Sharma Oli of Nepal is paying an official visit to China from
December 2 to 5. the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) informed on Friday.
PM
Oli is set to embark on an entourage of the northern neighbour of Nepal at the
invitation of his Chinese counterpart, Li Qiang.
PM
Oli will be accompanied by his spouse Radhika Shakya. The delegation will
include Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Arzu Rana Deuba, PM Oli’s Chief
Advisor Bishnu Prasad Rimal, Economic
and Development Advisor Yuba Raj Khatiwada, members of the parliament;
high-ranking government officials; representatives of the private sector and
media persons.
The
Prime Minister is scheduled to meet with Xi Jinping, the President of
China in Beijing. He will hold bilateral talks with his Chinese counterpart Li
and exchange views on matters of mutual interest, the MoFA informed in its
statement on Friday.
Prime
Minister Oli will also hold a meeting with Zhao Leji, Chairman of the Standing
Committee of the National People’s Congress of China. He is also scheduled to deliver
a keynote address at the Peking University.
Likewise,
the Prime Minister will address the Nepal-China Business Forum, which is being
jointly hosted by the Embassy of Nepal in Beijing, the China Council for the
Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and the Federation of Nepalese
Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI).
PM
Oli and his delegation will return to Kathmandu on December 5.
Nepal's
top-level visit to China is happening after more than a year since former PM
Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda concluded an official visit on September 23 to 30.
This is the third official visit of PM Oli
to China with the earlier two happening in March 2016 and June 2018. His past
visits were successful in signing the historic Transit and Transport Agreement
as well as connectivity and cooperation projects including in the energy,
railway and infrastructure sectors and progress at the Belt and Road Initiative
(BRI).
During PM Oli's visit to China in 2018,
the two countries signed 14 bilateral agreements, memorandum of understanding
and letters of exchange which included MoUs on energy co-operation, investment
and cooperation on production capacity, strengthening cooperation between the
two foreign ministries, human resource development cooperation, and
establishment of mechanism for facilitation on the implementation of
Nepal-China cooperation programmes and projects in Nepal between the two
foreign ministries.
Likewise, the countries signed agreements
on economic and technical cooperation, reconstruction of Friendship Bridge and
Rasuwa Bridge, and protocol on the utilisation of highways in Tibet Autonomous
Region, China, by Nepal for cargo transport.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 30 November 2024.
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