KATHMANDU – Chinese Ambassador to Nepal, Zhang Maoming, paid a courtesy call on Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dol Prasad Aryal.
During the meeting held on Tuesday, they exchanged views on bilateral relations, parliamentary collaboration, development partnership and regional and international issues.
Sharing that Nepal-China relation is historical, friendly and based on panchasheel, Speaker Aryal laid emphasis on further strengthening the relations, according to Speaker Aryal’s Secretariat.
The government is clear on the issue not to allow use of Nepali territory against China, he opined, reiterating that Nepal is fully committed to the ‘One-China Policy’.
The Speaker underscored that the incumbent government has focused its attention for development, good governance, technology promotion and to end corruption, expecting Chinese government’s support and cooperation to it.
Expressing concern over increasing conflict in the world, he argued that Nepal is always in favour of peace, dialogue and collaboration.
Similarly, Ambassador Zhang conveyed the best wishes message and handed over the congratulation letter from the National People’s Congress, China.
The Ambassador expressed commitment to continuously support Nepal’s sovereignty, independence and regional integrity. The Chinese Envoy mentioned that China was ready to collaborate in infrastructure, connectivity, border management and development projects under Nepal-China collaboration, adding electric vehicles were supported to Federal Parliament Secretariat.
Ambassador Zhang extended invitation to the Speaker, lawmakers and parliamentary office-bearers to visit China.
