PM Oli departs for home

Beijing (China), Sept 3: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli today left Beijing for home after concluding his official visit to the People's Republic of China beginning on August 30.

He had arrived here to participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Plus Summit held in Tianjin, at the friendly invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping.     

Chinese government senior official, the China's ambassador to Nepal and Nepal's ambassador to China were at the Beijing International Airport to see off Prime Minister Oli and his delegation.     

The Prime Minister also joined a special military parade here today organised to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of Victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance.     

On that occasion, Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed the heads of state/government present at the ceremony.     

After the parade, PM Oli attended the luncheon organized by Chinese President Xi.     

During the China visit, the Prime Minister held a separate with world leaders including the Chinese President, his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi and Russia's President Vladimir Putin.     

The Prime Minister addressed the SCO Summit on September 1. Nepal has remained as a dialogue partner of the SCO since 2016.     

The Prime Minister's entourage includes his spouse Radhika Shakya, Minister for Science and Technology Raghuji Panta, Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Badri Prasad Pandey, Nepali Congress (NC) lawmaker Purna Bahadur Khadka, Prime Minister's economic and development advisor Dr Yubaraj Khadka and CPN (UML) lawmaker Chhabilal Bishwakarma among others.(RSS)