Chinese Communist Party (CPC) Standing Committee, National People’s Congress Chairman, Li Zhanshu will be arriving in Nepal today. The government has made special security arrangements for the visit of Li, a confidant of Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Lee, who is coming to Nepal via Russia and Mongolia, is scheduled to return to China via South Korea from Nepal. Lee’s 100-member jumbo tour team, which includes 6 minister-level leaders, is about to arrive in Nepal on a special plane. According to the Chinese Constitution, Li is second in rank and third in the Communist Party of China (CPC).

President Lee will hold a bilateral meeting with Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota today. During the bilateral talks, the Parliament Secretariat has informed that an agreement is being made between the Federal Parliament of Nepal and the National People’s Congress of China regarding bilateral cooperation and exchange of visits. Speaker Sapkota will host a dinner in Lee’s honor today. President Lee is scheduled to meet Prime Minister and Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, National Assembly Speaker Ganesh Timilsena and Foreign Minister Narayan Khadka on Tuesday.

President Lee will meet President Bidhya Devi Bhandari at Sheetal Niwas on Wednesday. On the same day, UML President KP Sharma Oli and Maoist Center President Pushpa Kamal Dahal are also scheduled to meet separately. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lee is scheduled to return from Nepal on Thursday.