BHAKTAPUR, JULY 12
CPN-UML Chair KP Sharma Oli and visiting Communist Party of China Foreign Department Chief Liu Jianchao held a courtesy meeting today.
The meeting held at Oli's residence in Balkot focused on bilateral relations, according to the CPN-UML's Foreign Department Chief Rajan Bhattarai.
Matters related to the changing political scenario in the regional and international forum were also discussed. On the occasion, the Chinese side indicated that China wanted to further consolidate its friendly relations with Nepal, continuing with its longstanding ties, according to Bhattarai.
Besides, the issue of non-interference in mutual internal affairs was also discussed during the meeting while the Chinese side expressed commitments that it would never intervene in Nepal's internal affairs.
The Chinese diplomat and politician took time to describe Nepal as an important and reliable partner of China.
In response to the Chinese side's wish that it did not want any anti-China activities occurring on Nepali soil, Oli assured that no such activities would take place here. The CPC leader said Nepal's relations with other nations were not the concern of China, but it wished to see the continuity of its relations with Nepal as in the past, according to Bhattarai.
UML leaders Pradeep Kumar Gyawali and Bishnu Rimal were also present at the meeting.
Liu has in the course of his four-day visit to Nepal already called on Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Narayan Khadka and CPN-Maoist Centre Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
A version of this article appears in the print on July 13, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
