KATMANDU, 29 November 2020, (TON): High level meeting between China’s Defence Minister General Wei Fenghe  and Nepal’s Chief of Army Staff General Purna Chandra Thapa took place at the Nepali capital Katmandu.

China’s Defence Minister General Wei Fenghe who led a 21-member delegation arrived in Kathmandu on Sunday and met Nepal’s top leadership to bolster military cooperation and fasten friendly bilateral relations.

General Wei Fenghe will pay courtesy calls on President Bidhya Devi Bhandari and Prime Minister and Minister for Defence K P Sharma Oli during his brief stay in Kathmandu.

Both sides discussed various issues of bilateral nature including military to military cooperation, intelligence training and sharing as well as multi-billion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), including the building of the Trans-Himalayan Multi-Dimensional Connectivity Network.

Chinese President Xi visited Nepal October last year to open new avenues of bilateral relations between the two countries. China agreed to provide Nepal with Rs 56 billion assistance over the next two years to help Nepal develop programmes and transform the landlocked nation into a land-linked country.