Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who is on a six-day visit to China, held a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Monday.

After his meeting with Chinese President at Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Dahal said the meeting was fruitful and important, and this kind of high level meeting has added a new dimension to Nepal-China ties, according to a statement published in PM Dahal’s website.  

Describing his discussion with Xi as exciting, open and clear, Dahal said he received positive response from the Chinese president on all the issues he inquired. 

“Apart from the positive response, the Chinese president talked about Nepal’s political stability, development, prosperity, infrastructure development, railway and resumption of Tatopani border crossings was a ,” Dahal’s website quoted him as telling after the meeting. 

Issues of Nepal-China bilateral relations and other mutual interests figured in the meeting. Xi expressed his happiness over the announcement of date for local election in Nepal and pledged to extend an assistance of RMB 9 million for the same.