A high-level team of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is visiting Nepal on Sunday at the invitation of the ruling party CPN (Maoist Center).
The team led by Yuan Jiajun, who is also a politburo member and party secretary of Chongqing city, is arriving today.
The Yuan team is coming to Nepal via Singapore and Sri Lanka.
While in Nepal, the Yuan’s team will hold meetings with top leaders of major political parties and visit historical sites.
A Central Committee meeting of the CPC had made a decision to send the Yuan’s team to three countries from July 16 to 25.
Five officials of the Foreign Ministry of China arrived in Kathmandu on the Air China flight.
Earlier, a team of Maoist leaders led by former speaker and Maoist leader Agni Prasad Sapkota visited China at the invitation of CPC.
After that, a team of lawmakers led by National Assembly Chairman Ganesh Prasad Timilsina also visited China.
The CPC leaders’ visit to Nepal at a time when preparations are being made for Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s visit to China has been seen as meaningful.
Though Prime Minister Dahal is scheduled to visit China in September, the official date has not been fixed yet.
Prime Minister Dahal has already directed foreign minister and finance minister to fix the agenda for the visit.
Meanwhile, the Foreign Ministry and the Chinese Embassy in Nepal are also making necessary preparations for Prime Minister Dahal’s visit, according to a source.
During PM Dahal’s visit, China is preparing to hold a discussion on the draft of the BRI project implementation.
