Foreign Minister Khadka to visit China

Foreign Minister Narayan Khadka is scheduled for a three-day official visit to China on Tuesday.

Foreign Minister Khadka is going to visit China at the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, according to a statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Ministry has mentioned that Foreign Minister Khadka will be visiting China from the 9th to11th of August.

On the 10th of August, there is a delegation-level bilateral discussion between the two ministers in Qingdao, the eastern city of Shandong Province. Foreign Minister Wang Yi will also be hosting a banquet in honour of Khadka and the members of the delegation, while there is a repatriation program on the 11th.

Chinese foreign minister returning home today

The Chinese Foreign Minister is scheduled to return home at 3 pm today.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who is on a visit to Nepal, will pay a courtesy call on President Bidhyadevi Bhandari at 10 am today, according to a Foreign Ministry source.

He is also scheduled to hold talks with former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda today. The Chinese Foreign Minister is scheduled to hold talks with Chairman of the main opposition party CPN-UML Oli from 11:10 am to 11:40 am.

At the end, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang will meet with Chairman of the ruling CPN-Maoist Central Committee Prachanda from 11:45 to 12:15 p.m.

According to foreign sources, the 25-member delegation, led by Foreign Minister Wang, includes two Chinese assistant ministers and senior government officials. Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Hou Yanqi also attended the high-level meeting.

Earlier on Saturday, Wang Yi met with Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and Foreign Minister Khadka.

Nine point agreement signed between Nepal & China

Nepal and China signed nine agreements including the Kerung-Kathmandu railway extension.

During the visit of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to Nepal, a nine-point agreement is signed between Nepal and China. A nine-point agreement was reached between Nepal and China at the Foreign Ministry in Singha Durbar today in the presence of Nepal’s foreign minister Khadka and Chinese Foreign Minister Yi.

Discussions were also held at the Foreign Minister level and at the delegation-level before the agreement was signed.

The MoU covers financial and technical assistance, feasibility study of the transmission line, provision of services by a team of Chinese health workers in Nepal, transfer and maintenance of vaccines, and upgrade of Araniko highway and export of grass.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will also hold talks with Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba. The foreign minister, who arrived in Nepal on Friday, will return home on Sunday.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi coming to Nepal today

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is coming to Kathmandu today for a three-day visit to Nepal. He will arrive in Kathmandu today via India.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he is coming to Nepal at the formal invitation of Narayan Khadka. During his stay in Nepal, he will hold meetings with President Vidyadevi Bhandari, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, Foreign Minister Khadka, and top leaders of major political parties.

During the meeting, Nepal will hold discussions with a delegation led by Foreign Minister Wang focusing on the implementation of cooperation projects under the Belt and Road Initiative, an infrastructure development project put forward by China, a Foreign Ministry source said.

Therefore, the government has made Nepal’s national interest and development needs and priorities as its agenda to increase partnership and cooperation with China, the world’s emerging power.

The official visit of Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who is also a member of the Chinese State Council, is expected to take the centuries-old relationship between the two countries to a new height.He is the first high-level guest to visit Nepal after the formation of the current government led by Sher Bahadur Deuba.