BEIJING: China appealed on Monday to the belligerent factions of the Communist Party of Nepal to properly handle your disputes and fight for political stability as a high-level delegation from the Communist Party of China made efforts to bring the opposing leaders closer together.
China rushed a team of officials led by the vice minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CCP) Guo Yezhou to Kathmandu Sunday after his high profile ambassador to Nepal Hou Yanqi failed to resolve the differences between Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and his rival Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda‘.
Nepal plunged into a political crisis last Sunday after Prime Minister Oli, known for his pro-Beijing leanings, in a surprise move, recommended dissolving the 275-member House.
Acting on the prime minister ‘s recommendation, President of Nepal Bidya Devi Bhandari he dissolved the Chamber on the same day and announced new elections on April 30 and May 10, prompting protests from a large part of the PNC led by Prachanda, also a co-chair of the ruling party.
While China’s open meddling in Nepalese politics attracted attention, Beijing on Monday he tried to defend Guo’s visit, saying it aimed to deepen exchanges and cooperation between the CCP and Nepal’s political parties.
When asked if Guo’s visit was aimed at achieving a political reconciliation between the two groups within the PNC, the spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry Zhao Lijian He told a press conference here that China has noted the “developments in the political situation in Nepal.”
“As a friend and close neighbor, we sincerely hope that all parts of Nepal will take into account the nation’s interest and the bigger picture and properly handle internal disputes and strive for political stability and national development,” Zhao said.
“The CCP upholds the principle of relationship between parties with independence, complete equality, mutual respect and non-interference,” he said.
“The party will work together with all political parties in Nepal to promote the China-Nepal strategic cooperation partnership, eternal friendship and promote benefits for two people and two countries,” Zhao said.
He said that China and Nepal are “good neighbors, friends and partners for a long period of time.”
In recent years, Beijing has invested heavily in various projects in an attempt to strengthen its ties with the Himalayan country.
Zhao said the CCP has maintained close and friendly exchanges with the major political parties in Nepal “which has helped to promote mutual political trust of the two sides and deepen mutual learning in governance and promote practical cooperation and consolidate friendship. traditional”.
He said that as this year is the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Nepal, “Guo’s delegation will hold exchanges with the Nepalese side on issues of epidemic prevention control, state governance, cooperation and development and other issues of interest. shared “. and will work to deepen the exchange and cooperation between the political parties between the two parties, “he said.
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