Kathmandu, September 24

Nepal Communist Party (NCP) and Communist Party of China today established fraternal relations with the signing of a memorandum of understanding here today.

The MoU was signed on the sidelines of the ongoing two-day ‘Communist Party of China’s Opinion about Xi Jinping Thought and Ideological Discussion between Nepal Communist Party and Communist Party of China’ that kicked off here yesterday.

The NCP’s International Department Chief Madhav Kumar Nepal and the CPC’s International Liaison Department’s Director Song Tao signed the MoU in the presence of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and NCP Co-chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal. Song is in Nepal to take part in the discussion.

As per the six-point MoU, the two parties will facilitate exchange of high-level visits between the two countries. The two parties will increase frequency of visits at the worker-level for training in the two countries. The parties will also boost cooperation in terms of experience sharing and expand exchange of visits of youths and local-level leaders.

The two parties will also work to boost relations at the people’s level—intelligentsia, civil society organisations and mediapersons — from both the countries. They will also run annual joint programmes on thoughts and ideology.

NCP International Department Deputy Chief Bishnu Rijal said the MoU was signed to renew relations between the two communist parties, especially after the unification of the then CPN-UML and CPN-MC. Before the integration, the CPC had separate relations with the CPN-UML and CPN-MC.

“It is an attempt to further consolidate the relations existing between the two countries and two parties, and take such relations to a new height,” Rijal said. “Nepal and NCP are committed to the ‘One China Policy’ and we are moving ahead as per the same commitment.”

The discussion programme, which ends today, is being jointly organised by the NCP’s School, Organisation and International departments, and the CPC’s Central Party School, Organisation Department and International Liaison Department.

Around 200 participants from the NCP and 40 from CPC are taking part in the event that mostly dwells on ‘Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era’.