CPC high-level team, Speaker Ghimire hold meeting

Chinese Communist Party leaders held a meeting with Speaker Devraj Ghimire on Monday.

A team led by Yuan Jiajun, who is also a politburo member and party secretary of Chongqing city held a meeting with Speaker Ghimire this afternoon.

Speaker Ghimire’s Secretariat said that bilateral ties, economy, trade, politics and cultural exchange among other issues were discussed in the meeting.

On the occasion, Speaker Ghimire expressed his gratitude to China for giving high importance to Nepal and paying a high-level visit.

“The high-level visit has been taking place after the visit of President Xi Jinping,” he said, adding, “I believe that the bilateral political visit will help in taking the country towards the path of prosperity.”

Saying that Nepal is a beautiful and attractive country in the world, Speaker Ghimire said that even a small help from China will help Nepal become a prosperous country.

Highlighting that Nepal has been making progress in the stability and development after the promulgation of Constitution, Speaker Ghimire stressed on the transit treaty and the need to develop the Rasuwagadhi-Kerung railway as per the agreement made by the then KP Sharma Oli-led government.

He said that China and Nepal, which are connected by mountains, rivers and religion, culture, have had harmonious relations since prehistoric times.

The visit of Li Zhanshu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China, last year and the visit of National Assembly Chairman Ganesh Prasad Timilsina a month ago have expanded the parliamentary exchanges.

Mentioning that China is the economic power of the world, Speaker Ghimire expressed his happiness for starting a model program to make Nepal a storehouse for food.

Saying that he came to Nepal at the direction of President Xi Jinping, CPC leader Jiajun said that China would help Nepal become self-reliant in food stuff.

He also announced a financial assistance of 8 million Yuan (Rs 140 million) to the Nepal government.

Leader Jiajin also extended an invitation to Speaker Ghimire for the China visit.