{"id":23671,"date":"2025-05-30T19:50:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T14:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=23671"},"modified":"2025-05-30T19:50:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T14:05:10","slug":"minister-dr-rana-holds-bilateral-meeting-with-chinese-counterpart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/minister-dr-rana-holds-bilateral-meeting-with-chinese-counterpart\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Dr Rana holds bilateral meeting with Chinese counterpart"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Kathmandu, May 30: Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Arzu Rana Deuba held a bilateral meeting with Foreign Minister of the People&#8217;s Republic of China, Wang Yi in Hong Kong today.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Rana is currently in Hong Kong, China&#8217;s Special Administrative Region, to attend the signing ceremony of the Convention on the Establishment of the International Organisation for Mediation at the invitation of Minister Wang.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, issues related to Nepal-China relations, mutual interests, common concerns as well as the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Nepal and China were discussed, according to the Minister&#8217;s private secretary.<br \/>\nHighlighting Nepal\u2019s deep rooted relations and friendship with China, Dr Rana expressed her gratitude for China\u2019s longstanding cooperation and coordination in Nepal\u2019s development journey.<\/p>\n<p>She expressed Nepal\u2019s expectation of China&#8217;s continued support in various areas of economic, technical, technology transfer, and foreign direct investment in coming days.<br \/>\nAdditionally, she reiterated Nepal\u2019s strong commitment to the One China Policy, ensuring Nepal\u2019s steadfast approach in not allowing its territory to be used against China.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Rana also thanked the Chinese government for its representation in the recently concluded \u201cSagarmatha Sambaad\u201d, a multi-stakeholder dialogue forum committed to deliberating on the most prominent issues of global, regional and national significance.<br \/>\nShe also acknowledged the exchange of the high-level visits between Nepal and China for the past few years, including Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli&#8217;s recent official visit on last December, which saw the signing of various agreements.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Rana extended an invitation to Minister Wang for an official visit to Nepal to mark the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries this year.<\/p>\n<p>She expressed Nepal\u2019s willingness to welcome more Chinese tourists to celebrate the anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Wang, in response, congratulated the Government of Nepal for successfully concluding the Sagarmatha Sambaad. He expressed China\u2019s readiness to cooperate Nepal in mitigating impacts of climate change and protecting environment.<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated China\u2019s continued support and commitment to cooperate with Nepal in the future through the international organisation for mediation to be established under the leadership of China.<\/p>\n<p>He urged Nepal to move forward with the implementation of the agreements reached during Prime Minister Oli&#8217;s recent visit to China. He also accepted Dr Rana\u2019s invitation to visit Nepal.<\/p>\n<p>Lauding the ongoing and proposed programmes under the leadership of Dr Rana in Nepal&#8217;s diplomatic sector, Wang extended a special invitation to Dr Rana on behalf of the Government of China to participate in the Global Leaders\u2019 Meeting on Gender Equality and Women&#8217;s Empowerment being held in China. &#8212;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu, May 30: Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Arzu Rana Deuba held a bilateral meeting with Foreign Minister of the People&#8217;s Republic of China, Wang Yi in Hong Kong today. 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