Visiting Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China Li Zhanshu held a meeting with CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli at the Parliament building in New Baneshwor on Tuesday. It has been learnt that the UML delegation and the delegation led by Chinese Speaker Li discussed matters of mutual interest and bilateral cooperation. Prior to meeting Oli, the Chinese leader held a meeting with National Assembly Chairman Ganesh Timilsena.

Li, who arrived in Kathmandu on a four-day visit to Nepal, held a meeting with the Speaker of the House of Representatives Agni Prasad Sapkota. On the occasion, Sapkota and Li signed a six-point memorandum of understanding (MoU) on inter-parliamentary cooperation. Meanwhile, CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Li also held a meeting at the Parliament building this morning. According to a source, the duo discussed matters of mutual interest and bilateral cooperation.