Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is coming to Kathmandu today for a three-day visit to Nepal. He will arrive in Kathmandu today via India.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he is coming to Nepal at the formal invitation of Narayan Khadka. During his stay in Nepal, he will hold meetings with President Vidyadevi Bhandari, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, Foreign Minister Khadka, and top leaders of major political parties.

During the meeting, Nepal will hold discussions with a delegation led by Foreign Minister Wang focusing on the implementation of cooperation projects under the Belt and Road Initiative, an infrastructure development project put forward by China, a Foreign Ministry source said.

Therefore, the government has made Nepal’s national interest and development needs and priorities as its agenda to increase partnership and cooperation with China, the world’s emerging power.

The official visit of Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who is also a member of the Chinese State Council, is expected to take the centuries-old relationship between the two countries to a new height.He is the first high-level guest to visit Nepal after the formation of the current government led by Sher Bahadur Deuba.