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China happy to see approval of Nepal's new constitution

Xinhua, September 17, 2015 Adjust font size:

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Thursday China welcomes the approval of a new constitution in Nepal.

"As a friendly neighbor, China is happy to see that Nepal's Constituent Assembly approved the new constitution," spokesman Hong Lei said at a daily press briefing.

The constitution-making body of Nepal endorsed the constitution bill with an overwhelming two-thirds majority on Wednesday night.

"[We] support and respect Nepal's choice of social system and development path," Hong said, adding that China looks forward to political stability and economic development in Nepal.

The new constitution, consisting of 308 articles and nine annexes, has secured a secularism and federal democratic republic.

President Ram Baran Yadav is scheduled to unveil the new constitution on Sept. 20.

This is the first full-fledged constitution in the Himalayan nation. The country approved an interim constitution in 2007 following the people's movement in 2006 that toppled the 240-year monarchy.

Nepal began work on the new constitution in 2008. Endi