Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe to visit Nepal on Sunday

Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe is scheduled to visit Nepal on Sunday during which he is expected to meet Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Army Chief General Purna Chandra Thapa, confirmed Nepal`s Foreign Ministry. 

"Wei Fenghe, State Councilor and Defense Minister of the People`s Republic of China, is paying a one-day working visit to Nepal on 29 November 2020," the ministry confirmed on Saturday.

The announcement of the Chinese counterpart's visit coincides with the intra-party dispute in the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP).

The former rocket force commander with the Chinese military PLA, and the first of four members of the Central Military Commission chaired by President Xi Jinping will have diplomatic exchanges with Nepal's Army Chief in Kathmandu on November 29.

The member of China's Li Keqiang Cabinet is landing after India's MEA confirmed Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla's conclusion of the two-day visit to Nepal for 'regular' high-level dialogue between the two countries as a priority to improve bilateral ties. 

During the one-day visit to Nepal, Wei Fenghe is expected to call on President Bidhya Bhandari, meet Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Army Chief General Purna Chandra Thapa.