Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal will embark on an official visit to China on September 22, will meet President Xi Jinping

Kathmandu : Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Friday said he will embark on an official visit to China on September 22, during which he will meet President Xi Jinping and several other top leaders.

“After attending the 78th session of the UN General Assembly, I will leave straight for China’s city of Hangzhou,” Prachanda, as the Prime Minister is popularly known, said in an address to Parliament.

“Nepal and China have shared long, cordial, and closed relations for centuries, and in recent years, these relations have become multi-dimensional and deepened too. China has become Nepal’s development partner and assisting Nepal in its overall developmental endeavors,” he added.

In his capacity as Prime Minister, this is Prachanda’s third visit to China, after making trips in2008 and 2017.

“This visit will further strengthen the bilateral relations between Nepal and China and will deepen further,” he added.

In Hangzhou, Prachanda will meet Xi and also attend the opening ceremony of the 19thAsian Games.

On September 25, he will meet his Chinese counterpart Li Qiang in Beijing where both leaders will hold delegation-level talks followed by the signing of the some agreements and understandings.