KATHMANDU, JULY 13

The visiting Communist Party of China (CPC)'s foreign department chief Liu Jianchao paid a courtesy call on President Bidya Devi Bhandari.

The courtesy meeting was held at the Office of the President-Sheetal Niwas- in Kathmandu today, according to the Office of the President.

Foreign department chief Liu is on a four-day official visit to Nepal since Sunday morning. He is leading an eight-member delegation. He paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on the same day.

The visiting Chinese leader also held meetings with various political leadership here including CPN (Maoist Centre) chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' and major opposition party CPN (UML) chairperson KP Sharma Oli among others.