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Vice-president Pun leaving for China today

Vice-president Pun leaving for China today

By Rastriya Samachar Samiti

UCPN-Maoist candidate for the Vice-Presidential election, Nanda Bahadur Pun, greets lawmakers before the voting begins at the Parliament building, in Kathmandu, on Saturday, October 31, 2015. Photo: RSS

Kathmandu, July 3 Vice-president Nanda Bahadur Pun is visiting the People’s Republic of China from tomorrow, leading a delegation to attend the 23rd China-Lanzhou Investment and Trade Fair being held in Lanzhou, the Capital City of Gansu Province. During the visit, the Vice-president is scheduled to address the high-profile Forum for Cooperation and Development along the Silk Road on 6 July and also deliver a keynote speech to the business community on the theme “Nepal- China (Gansu) Economic and Trade Cooperation Exchange Conference” on July 7, said a press release issued by MoFA here today. The Vice-president will also meet senior Chinese leaders in Lanzhou. He is scheduled to visit two historical cities of Shaanxi Province of China – Xi’an and Yan’an, where the provincial Chinese leaders will call on him. Pun will be accompanied by his spouse Hastamali Pun, Secretary at the Office of Vice-president and senior officials of the ministries of foreign affairs and of commerce during the visit. Nepal is the guest of honour country to the 23rd China-Lanzhou Investment and Trade Fair. Pun will return home on July 10.