President Bhandari arrives home after China visit
KATHMANDU: President Bidya Devi Bhandari, who had embarked on a state visit to China at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, has returned home today.
Vice-president Nanda Bahadur Pun, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara, National Assembly Chairman Ganesh Prasad Timalsina welcomed the President at the VIP lounge of the Tribhuvan International Airport.
Similarly, members of the Council of Ministers, Nepal Communist Party (NCP) parliamentary party’s deputy leaders, chiefs of security bodies among other high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were also present at the VIP lounge to receive the President.
President Bidya Devi Bhandari waves while alighting from an aeroplane, upon her arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport, in Kathmandu, on Wednesday, May 1, 2019. President Bhandari embarked on a state visit to China at the invitation of China's President Xi Jinping. Photo: RSS
Executive Vice-chair of the Tibet Autonomous Region, Jiang Jie sees off Nepal's President Bidya Devi Bhandari, at Lhasa Gongar Airport, in China, on Wednesday, May 1, 2019. Photo: RSS
Secretary General of Chinese Communist Party in Tibet Autonomous Region Wu Yingjie (right) calls on Nepal's President Bidya Devi Bhandari, in Lhasa, on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. President Bhandari is on a nine-day state visit to China at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping. Photo courtesy: MoFA Nepal Twitter
President Bidya Devi Bhandari waves while alighting from an aeroplane, upon her arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport, in Kathmandu, on Wednesday, May 1, 2019. President Bhandari embarked on a state visit to China at the invitation of China's President Xi Jinping. Photo: RSS
Executive Vice-chair of the Tibet Autonomous Region, Jiang Jie sees off Nepal's President Bidya Devi Bhandari, at Lhasa Gongar Airport, in China, on Wednesday, May 1, 2019. Photo: RSS
Secretary General of Chinese Communist Party in Tibet Autonomous Region Wu Yingjie (right) calls on Nepal's President Bidya Devi Bhandari, in Lhasa, on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. President Bhandari is on a nine-day state visit to China at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping. Photo courtesy: MoFA Nepal Twitter
President Bidya Devi Bhandari waves while alighting from an aeroplane, upon her arrival at Tribhuvan International Airport, in Kathmandu, on Wednesday, May 1, 2019. President Bhandari embarked on a state visit to China at the invitation of China's President Xi Jinping. Photo: RSS
Earlier, this morning, President Bhandari was seen off at the Lhasa Gongar Airport by Executive Vice-chair of the Tibet Autonomous Region, Jiang Jie.
President Bhandari was accompanied by Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, Province 3 Chief Minister Dormani Poudel, MPs, high ranking government officials, Nepal's Ambassador to China Leela Mani Paudyal, Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Hou Yanqi, representatives from private sector and mediapersons.
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