Nepal's PM Prachanda meets Chinese President Xi, attends Asian Games opening

Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda on Saturday (September 23) in Hangzhou, the capital city of east China's Zhejiang Province.

China and Nepal will be working together for greater synergy between development strategies and to ensure the progress of their bilateral ties.

Prachanda reached Hangzhou earlier on Saturday to attend the 19th Asian Games' opening ceremony which was held on Saturday evening.

Sharing details of the meeting on X, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Nepal Chen Song wrote, “On September 23, Xi Jinping, Chinese President met with Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', Prime Minister of Nepal in Hangzhou. Xi stressed that China attaches great importance to China-Nepal relations and is willing to strengthen the docking of development strategies with Nepal to promote continuous new progress of the bilateral relations.”

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“Prachanda said that Nepal supports a series of important concepts and initiatives proposed by President Xi and is willing to work with China to promote the development of the international order in a more just and reasonable direction, safeguard the common interests of developing countries, and promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind,” he added.

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Prachanda attends opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games

Welcoming the Nepalese PM in Hangzhou, the Chinese president said, “Welcome Prime Minister Prachanda to attend the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou and pay an official visit to China. You've been committed to promoting the development of China-Nepal friendly relations, and firmly supporting the Belt and Road co-operation between the two countries, which I highly appreciate. This is your first visit to China since you took office as Prime Minister of Nepal for the third time, and I believe that this visit will yield fruitful results and inject new impetus into the friendly co-operation between our two countries.”

"China and Nepal are connected by mountains and rivers, and have enjoyed an everlasting friendship. Over the 68 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, China and Nepal, on the basis of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, have been respecting and supporting each other and treating each other as equals, which sets an example of equal treatment and win-win co-operation between big and small countries. China attaches great importance to its relationship with Nepal, and is willing to work with Nepal to seek greater synergy between our development strategies, deepen practical co-operation in various fields and strengthen experience-sharing on state governance, so as to keep making new progress in advancing the China-Nepal relationship," he added.

The Nepalese prime minister expressed his gratitude for receiving invitationto the opening ceremony of the Asian Games and said that the event will strengthen relations and promote understandingamong Asian nations.

"It is my distinct honor to meet with you in this beautiful city of Hangzhou. This is my fifth meeting with you, Your Excellency. You are a visionary and great leader of our time, and a true friend of Nepal. I'm grateful to you for the invitation to be a part of the grand celebration of the Asian Games. The message of this event will go a long way in cementing ties and promoting understandingamong Asian nations and people," stated Prachanda.

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The 19th Asian Games, which is being co-hosted by Hangzhou and five cities of Zhejiang - Ningbo, Wenzhou, Jinhua, Shaoxing, and Huzhou - officially opened on Saturday evening and will continue till October 8.

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