China pushes strategic partnership with Nepal
Kathmandu—Chinese
Chinese vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong met with outgoing Ambassador of Nepal to China Bishnu Pukar Shrestha. As per the decision of KP Sharma Oli, Krishna Prasad Oli will replace Shrestha soon.
Sun Weidong spoke highly of Bishnu Pukar Shrestha’s contribution to the development of China-Nepal relations during his tenure as Ambassador to China, saying that China and Nepal are friendly neighbors who help each other and development partners with a shared future, said China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
China is ready to work with Nepal to take the opportunity of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries next year to deliver on the important common understandings reached between the leaders of the two countries, push for new progress in the China-Nepal strategic partnership of cooperation featuring ever-lasting friendship for development and prosperity, and build an even closer China-Nepal community with a shared future, according to the statement.
Bishnu Pukar Shrestha thanked China for its long-term support and assistance to Nepal’s economic and social development. He further stressed that Nepal firmly adheres to the one-China principle, attaches great importance to relations with China, and is ready to maintain the momentum of high-level exchanges with China and deepen communication and cooperation in connectivity, agriculture, education, tourism and other fields under the framework of Belt and Road cooperation to better benefit the two peoples.
