Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Krishna Bahadur Mahara, who is currently in an official visit to China, held a meeting with Minister for International Liaison Department of the Communist Party of China, Song Tao, in Beijing on Friday.

During the meeting, the duo held talks on expanding the ties between Nepal and China at people-to-people level, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA).

Meanwhile, in a separate programme organised by China Foreign Affairs University in Beijing itself, DPM Mahara maintained that the Sino-Nepal relations were cordial since the beginning of the civilization.

DPM Mahara also expressed his confidence that the 'One Belt One Road' (OBOR) initiative undertaken by China would help boost up the economy of Nepal.

DPM Mahara is scheduled to inaugurate the office of Consulate General in Gaungzhou on Saturday, according to MoFA. RSS