Chinese Foreign Minister Wang returns home

KATHMANDU, Sept 10: State Councilor and Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi has returned to China after wrapping his three-day official visit. Wang boarded a private jet today afternoon.

Wang arrived in Kathmandu on Sunday at the invitation of his counterpart Pradeep Kumar Gyawali and paid official visits to President Bidya Devi Bhandari, Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli, Nepal Communist Party Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba.

He also held delegation-level bilateral talks with Minister Gyawali on Monday.  The two ministers reviewed all important aspects of bilateral relations and agreed to implement the past understandings during the meeting.

After the meeting, the two foreign ministers witnessed the signing of the Exchange of Letters on the Hospital Recovery Project in Manang and the Exchange of Letters on 5000 pieces of emergency shelter tents and the exchange of Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Government of Nepal and the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China on Volunteer Chinese Teachers’ Program in Nepal, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

State Minister for Health and Population Surendra Kumar Yadav, Ambassador of Nepal to China Leela Mani Poudyal, Foreign Secretary Shanker Das Bairagi and Ambassador of China to Nepal Hou Yanqi had reached the airport to see off Minister Wang.