NPC Chair Li visiting Nepal from 12-15 September

By TRN Online, Kathmandu, Sept. 4: Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China, Li Zhanshu, is scheduled to visit Nepal from 12 to 15 September at the invitation of Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nepal, Agni Prasad Sapkota.

According to the press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Speaker Sapkota and Chairman Li will hold delegation-level bilateral talks on 12 September.

Speaker Sapkota will host a banquet in honour of Chairman Li and the members of his delegation in the same evening.

During his stay in Nepal, Chairman Li Zhanshu will pay courtesy calls on President Bidya Devi Bhandari on 14 September, and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on 13 September. On the same day, Li will meet with Chairperson of the National Assembly Ganesh Prasad Timilsina, and Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Narayan Khadka will pay a courtesy call on Chairman Li, according to the MoFA statement.

K P Sharma Oli, former Prime Minister and Chairman of CPN-UML, and Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, former Prime Minister and Chairman of CPN-Maoist Centre will also hold separate meetings with the visiting Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China Li Zhanshu on 13 September, according to the MoFA.