Foreign Secretary Paudyal meets Chinese Foreign Minister in Beijing

Foreign Secretary Bharat Raj Paudyal on Thursday met with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang. They held a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, China.

During the meeting, matters related to strengthening the longstanding bilateral relations and cooperation between Nepal and China, including the exchange of visits, development cooperation, trade, investment and tourism were discussed.

Bishnu Pukar Shrestha, Ambassador of Nepal to the People’s Republic of China, Lok Bahadur Thapa, Joint Secretary from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal, senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of both Nepal and China as well as officials from the Embassy of Nepal in Beijing were present on the occasion.

Foreign Secretary Paudyal arrived in Beijing yesterday leading Nepali delegation to the 15th meeting of the Bilateral Diplomatic Consultation Mechanism between the foreign ministries of Nepal and China.