KATHMANDU: Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Co-chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Chief of the Foreign Department of the Communist Party of China, Song Tao held talks in the Chinese capital Beijing on Tuesday evening.

Dahal is currently on a visit to the People's Republic of China.

During the meeting, former Prime Minister Dahal expressed happiness over the Communist Party of China's congress taking China to a new height by promoting the new 'Xi Jinping Thought.'

According to Dahal's secretariat, the former Prime Minister on the occasion recalled both his visits to China during his premiership, and the discussions as well as understandings reached in the course of his visits. He laid emphasis on the construction of Lhasa-Kerung-Kathmandu-Lumbini railway.

They also held discussions on the topic of Belt and Road Initiative, and the NCP (NCP) Co-chair stated that he had himself supported the BRI proposal and signed it.

"The fruitful visit of Prime Minister and Co-chair of NCP (NCP), KP Sharma Oli, to China and the transport and transit agreement signed recently by the governments of Nepal and China have long-term significance. Nepal being allowed to use four Chinese seaports is a big decision," Dahal said during the meeting with the Chinese official.

He said the objective of his visit was to further strengthen the relations between NCP (NCP) and Communist Party of China, as well as to get the agreements and understandings reached between the two governments implemented.

On the occasion, the CPC Foreign Department Chief lauded Chair Dahal's contribution to the promotion of relations between China and Nepal, and the communist parties of the two neighbouring countries, and thanked him for that.

He said the Communist Party and the government of China were ready to extend support in the speedy implementation of the agreements and understandings as well as in the economic prosperity of Nepal.

"Repair works are ongoing to open the Tatopani transit point and the Chinese Railways Department is conducting a study on the railway," Tao said.

Chief Tao had received Dahal when he reached Nanjing via the historic city of the Chinese Revolution, Yenan.

Chairman Dahal is returning home this evening on completion of his four-day visit to China.