Foreign Secretary Bharat Raj Paudyal and Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Chan Song held a meeting in Singha Durbar on Friday. During the meeting, they discussed various matters related to bilateral cooperation and other issues of mutual interests, a source at the Foreign Ministry said. The source claimed that preparations are being made for a high-level visit between the two countries in the near future and the duo held the meeting to discuss the same.

Earlier on Thursday, the Chinese Ambassador had met CPN-UML senior Vice-Chairman Ishwor Pokharel.

Though China had invited Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal to take part in the Boao conference, he did not participate in the meeting citing internal reasons.