China’s third-ranked leader Li Zhanshu holds talks with his Nepali counterparts Sharma Oli, Prachanda

Li Zhanshu arrived in Nepal on a three-day visit on September 12 at the invitation of Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota.

Li Zhanshu, the head of China's legislature and the third-ranked leader in the country's political hierarchy, on September 13 held talks with Nepal's top political leaders, including former Prime Ministers K. P. Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” and discussed bilateral ties and other issues of mutual interest.

Li, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress - China's Parliament, arrived in Nepal on a three-day visit on September 12 at the invitation of Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota.

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Li held talks with CPN-UML chairman Oli at the Federal Parliament building in Kathmandu and during the meeting the two leaders discussed various issues of mutual interest, according to party sources.

Mr. Oli was accompanied by other leaders, including Ashta Laxmi Shakya, Subhas Nemwang and Rajan Bhattarai.

“Li also met CPN-Maoist Centre chairman Prachanda during which matters relating to bilateral interest and mutual concern were discussed,” party sources said.

Other leaders of the party, including vice-chairman Krishna Bahadur Mahara, general secretary Dev Gurung, Pampha Bhushal and Shakti Basnet, were also present on the occasion. On Monday, Li and Speaker Sapkota held wide-ranging talks following which a six-point Memorandum of Understanding was inked between the Parliament of Nepal and the Chinese People's Congress on inter-Parliamentary cooperation.