“If the Constitution is amended before the anniversary, a visit date in and around the anniversary of the Constitution promulgation could be fixed”, an official was quoted as saying. According to sources close to the Prime Minister, the envoys have been instructed to prepare favourable conditions for Presidents of India and China to visit Kathmandu.
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Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Krishna Bahadur Mahara left for Beijing on Monday, aiming to convince Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit Kathmandu later this year.
Similarly, Mahara would also hand over an invitation letter to the concerned official sent by Prime Minister Prachanda to Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang to visit Nepal.
The Cabinet on Thursday made a decision to send two Deputy Prime Ministers to the neighbouring countries – Bimalendra Nidhi to India and Krishna Bahadur Mahara to China – as Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s special emissaries.
Creating the environment conducive for the visits of Chinese President and Prime Minister and assuring Chinese side from all aspects is the main objective of DPM Mahara’s China visit.
“I am leaving for China to strengthen the relation with China in the changed political context following the formation of the new government”. During Oli’s visit to Beijing, Nepal and China had signed a trade and transit deal, and Dahal now faces pressure to implement that pact, without irking India.
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Deputy Prime Minister Mahara will be accompanied by Joint-Secretary at the Foreign Ministry, Jhabindra Prasad Aryal, Nepal’s National News Agency (RSS) reported.
