Nepali PM starts week-long China visit

Kathmandu, March 20: Nepali Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli on Sunday started a week-long official visit to China.

This is Oli's first official visit to China since he assumed the prime minister's office on October 2015, Xinhua news agency reported.

Oli is accompanied by his spouse Radhika Shakya.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Kamal Thapa, Minister for Finance Bishnu Prasad Paudel, Minister for Commerce Deepak Bohora and Chief Secretary Som Lal Subedi among others are in the prime minister's delegation.

Oli will wrap up his visit on March 27.

IANS