KATHMANDU: Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang has offered his congratulations to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on the latter's assumption of the office of Prime Minister of Nepal.

In a message today, Chinese Prime Minister Li has said that Nepal-China relations would further be strengthened during Oli's tenure, adding that both the countries would work jointly in areas of bilateral interests.

The Chinese PM in the message has promised to extend support in different areas of bilateral interests under the One Belt, One Road (OBOR) initiative.