Off the wire
• Ukraine's business confidence rises to 4-year-high: survey  • Namibian youth hand over petition against new parliament building  • Feature: Kenyan slum children embrace formal education to escape deprivation  • Sturridge scores late to give England 2-1 win over Wales (updated)  • 1st LD Writethru: British politician dead after being shot in West Yorkshire  • Urgent: British MP dead after being attack:media  • China vows better care for children in difficulty  • Roundup: St. Petersburg economic forum opens, Putin urges more global interaction  • U.S. stocks decline amid economic data  • U.S. consumer prices growth slows in May  
You are here: 　 Home

Nepal says Vice President Pun's visit takes Nepal-China ties to new high

Xinhua, June 17, 2016 Adjust font size:

Nepalese Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun's week-long official visit to China has taken China-Nepal bilateral ties to a new height, the Vice President's Office said here Thursday.

"The vice president's official trip to (China's ) Kunming has been highly successful in taking China-Nepal bilateral ties to a new height," the vice president's office said in a press statement.

While mentioning a meeting between Vice President Pun and Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang in Kunming, the statement said that the vice president reaffirmed Nepal's position to actively participate in the Belt and Road Initiative proposed by China.

"Nepal extends full support to the Belt and Road Initiative envisioned by Chinese President Xi Jinping and believes that the ancient silk routes revival in the modern forms will contribute to meeting common interests and enhancing development cooperation among countries of this region including Nepal and China," the Nepalese vice president was quoted in the press statement as saying during his meeting with Wang Yang.

This was the first overseas trip by the Nepalese vice president since he assumed office on Dec. 31, 2015. Endit