kathmandu- Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli will visit China from August 31 to September 1 to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin before heading to India on September 16. This will be his second China visit since becoming prime minister last year.

Oli is expected to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and other leaders. He is also likely to address the summit as a distinguished speaker, where he will push for Nepal’s long-pending request for observer status in the regional bloc.

The visit is seen as a strategic step to strengthen Nepal’s role in fostering closer cooperation and building strong ties with key countries in the region.