INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:

KATHMANDU: With the announcement of the date of the President of People Republic of China, Xi Jinping state visit to Nepal, preparations to

welcome him have been accelerated. The Chinese President is paying a two-day state visit to Nepal commencing October 12

The bodies concerned of the government of Nepal have been engaged for the preparation of bilateral talks and agreements during the visit

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Wednesday published the schedule of the state visit of Chinese President. A car passing by the

road decorated with signboards by the roadsides to welcome the President of the People Republic of China, Xi Jinping, along the Araniko

Highway, at Babarmahal, on Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Photo: RSS The Chinese president is paying a two-day state visit to Nepal at the invitation of President Bidya Devi Bhandari

The Chinese special delegates would hold delegation-level official talks with Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli during the state visit. The

bilateral agreement and memorandum of understanding would be signed in presence of the Chinese President and Prime Minister Oli

The visit is taken as an important one as it is expected to materialise the previous bilateral agreements signed during the official visits

of President Bhandari and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. It is expected that the visit would further help promote tourism as it is scheduled

near upcoming Nepal mega campaign of Visit Nepal Year 2020. Various places including, Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), Tinkune,

Baneshwar, Babarmahal, Naxal, Tripureshwar, Bhadrakali, Kesharmahal, Durbarmarga, Sundhara, Nagpokhari, Hattisar, Kalimati, Solteemode have

been decorated to welcome the guest. According to Kathmandu Metropolitan City spokesperson Ishwarman Dangol, they were working to beautify

the city by repairing the roads, cleaning and developing greeneries. The concerned sides are working to clean and decorate the roads and

streets of Kathmandu along with planting new plants and flowers. The KMC has planted flowers of various species to decorate the roads

It has further worked on improving the quality of roads by tarmacking, arranging the stone slabs even by putting lump of grass (dubo) and

repairing the traffic lights

Some of the workers are found busy in watering the newly planted flowers and constructing fountains and painting the railings and curbs. KMC

spokesperson further shared that flags would be placed on various poles along the roadsides

He said students will be carrying national flags to welcome President Xi Jinping during his arrival. Similarly, Minister for Physical

Infrastructure and Transport Raghubir Mahaseth led high-level team has inspected various sites where road repairing task is being

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