KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who is on a seven-day visit to China, on Tuesday, claimed that Nepal would not allow its land to be used under any pretext against the northern neighbour.

According to a press statement issued by Oli's press advisor Pramod Dahal today, PM Oli said that he was very thankful to the government of China for the respect shown towards the sovereignty of Nepal and also for the support it extended to Nepal.

While addressing a programme organised by Renmin University on the theme of '' Nepal-China Relations in the context of One Belt-One Road Initiative", PM Oli said that Nepal was always in favour of One China policy.

The deep relation between two countries on the basis of Panchasheel principles would be stronger after the initiatives of 'One Belt One Road' programme, stated PM KP Sharma Oli.

Meanwhile, PM Oli would interact with entrepreneurs and also address a press conference with Chinese media organised at Embassy of Nepal in Beijing.

Nepal joins SCO

Meanwhile, an agreement about Nepal's membership as a Dialogue Partner of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) was signed today in the presence of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.

The SCO is a Eurasian political, economic and military organisation founded in 2001 in Shanghai by the leaders of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

At present, four countries - Afghanistan, Belarus, Iran and Mongolia - have been granted observer status while Ufa Summit has decided to admit India and Pakistan as full members. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Turkey are Dialogue Partners of the SCO.

Foreign Secretary Shankar Das Bairagi from Nepal and the SCO General Secretary Rashid K. Alimov had signed the agreement.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Kamal Thapa, Ministers for Commerce and Education Deepak Bohara and Giriraj Mani Pokharel respectively, Secretaries and other members of the delegation witnessed the signing ceremony.

Nepal had applied for the membership in 2007.