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President Ram Chandra Paudel's visit to France, Italy and Germany scheduled for this Wednesday has been postponed.

President's press advisor Kiran Pokharel informed through a press release today that the Head-of-the-State postponed the scheduled visit with the conclusion that it would not be appropriate to leave the country when a natural disaster like a devastating earthquake has occurred.

It is stated that President Paudel will visit the earthquake-hit region tomorrow to take stock of the situation of the affected people.

An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale with its epicenter in Jajarkot struck the district in Karnali Province the night of November 3, causing huge loss of life and property in Jajarkot and Rukum West.

A meeting of the Council of Ministers had approved the President's visit to the three European countries on November 2.

Pokharel, the press advisor to the President, said the President postponed the visit saying that it would not be suitable to leave the country in the aftermath of the natural disaster, although the visit was very important for Nepal and the Nepali people.

The President was scheduled to leave for Paris, France in connection with attending the 'One Polar Planet Summit' and the 'Paris Pact for People and Planet' conferences under the Peace Forum Programme taking place there from November 9 to 11, at the invitation of French President Immanuel Macron.

Chinese Ambassador Chen Song called on Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Monday.

During the meeting, they discussed contemporary issues, a source said.

On the occasion, the Chinese Ambassador expressed his concern about the damages caused by the earthquake in Jajarkot with Prime Minister Dahal.

He had expressed his commitment to provide necessary assistance for the earthquake-affected people.

The Chinese government had already announced to provide relief materials worth Rs 1 billion for quake-hit areas.

They also discussed the visit of Wang Junzheng, Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party of Tibet, to Nepal.

The CPN-UML has decided not to withdraw the support extended to the Koshi Province government.

A Koshi Province Parliamentary Party meeting of the UML held in Biratnagar-based Province Assembly building on Monday has decided to continue the support despite quitting the government, Koshi Province Chief Whip Rewati Raman Bhandari said.

He said that the party has decided not to withdraw the support extended to the government but decided to sit in the Province Assembly meeting as the main opposition.

The Koshi Province government was formed under the leadership of Kedar Karki with the support of 39 province lawmakers.

Chief Minister Karki has to seek the vote of confidence again if the UML withdraws support extended to the government.

The UML had quit the government after the ministers were appointed in the provincial government from the Maoist Center and CPN (Unified Socialist).

CPN (Maoist Center) has postponed the Kathmandu-centric demonstration scheduled for November 8.

The Maoist Center said that it had to postpone the demonstration due to the earthquake in Jajarkot and Rukum.

Earlier on November 5, a meeting of the Maoist Center had decided to stage a demonstration in Kathmandu to protect and strengthen the federal democratic republic, national sovereignty and against regression.

At a time when the government's ruling party, the Maoist Center, is being widely criticized for announcing to stage a demonstration in Kathmandu, the party has postponed the program for now citing the earthquake among other reasons.

The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) had said that the party leading the government cannot stage the demonstration.