Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal told a Chinese delegation he was keen to welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping in Kathmandu.

It is expected that the Chinese President would come to Nepal on an official visit in October. Xi is scheduled to attend a BRICS Summit along with the heads of state/government of Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa, on October 15-16 in New Delhi.

Delegates from the China Institute of Contemporary Relations had called on Prime Minister Dahal at the latter’s official residence in Baluwatar today morning.

Talking to the Chinese delegation, Prime Minister Dahal said he was looking for building sustainable bilateral relation between Nepal and China, and trilateral relationship with Nepal’s two big neighbours India and China, according to a statement issued by Dahal’s personal secretariat.

The delegation asked the Government of Nepal to build infrastructure to bring in more Chinese tourists in Nepal, the statement said.