PM Dahal leaving for seven-day visit to China, to address investment conference in Beijing

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is leaving for a seven-day official visit to China.

Issuing a statement on Thursday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Prime Minister Dahal is leaving for a seven-day official visit to the northern neighbor from September 23-30.

He is leaving for China at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart Li Qiang.

Nepal government’s ministers will also take part in the Prime Minister’s China visit.

The Foreign Minister said that Minister for Foreign Affairs NP Saud, Drinking Water Minister Mahendra Raya Yadav and Physical Infrastructure and Transport Minister Prakash Jwala among others will take part in the visit.

Prime Minister Dahal, who is leaving for Hangzhou of China straight from New York on September 22, is scheduled to call on Chinese President Xi on September 23.

The next day, he will meet his Chinese counterpart, Li Qiang.

He will also meet Beijing-based National People's Congress Standing Committee Chairman Zhao Leji.

Similarly, Prime Minister Dahal is scheduled to address the China-Nepal Investment Conference jointly organized by the Nepali Embassy in Beijing.

Prior to that, he will participate in the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games to be held in Hangzhou on September 23.

Prime Minister Dahal is scheduled to visit Chongqing Municipality to observe agricultural and industrial development.

The Foreign Ministry said that the Prime Minister is also scheduled to visit Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region.

He is currently in New York to take part in the 78^th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Wrapping up his seven-day visit to China, he will return home on September 30.