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Chinese envoy meets Nepal Communist Party leader Madhav Kumar Nepal
Hou’s meeting comes after she met President Bidya Devi Bhandari, party chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Standing Committee member Barsha Man Pun after the House dissolution.Post Report
The dissolution of the House of Representatives and its consequent political fallout including the division in the ruling communist party continues to keep Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Hou Yanqi busy.
After meeting with President Bidhya Devi Bhandari, Nepal Communist Party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Hou Yanqi met with the new chair of the party Madhav Kumar Nepal on Friday evening.
Party’s deputy chief of department of foreign affairs, Bishnu Rijal confirmed the meeting between chairman Nepal and ambassador Hou.
During the meeting ambassador Hou, who was concerned about the split in the ruling party, inquired about the future political course of the ruling party among other things, he said.
She had also met the party’s Standing Committee member and former energy minister Barsha Man Pun on Thursday.
Earlier in May and July too ambassador Hou met with senior ruling party leaders when the party was in crisis lobbying for political stability in Nepal and unity of the ruling party, ruling party leaders said.