Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met with President Dr Ram Baran Yadav at Shital Niwas Thursday morning.

The 40-minute meeting primarily focused on improving Nepal-China relations and increasing material assistance from China for the peace process and economic development of Nepal.

During the meeting, Jiechi is learnt to have expressed China’s support for protecting Nepal’s territorial integrity. On Wednesday as well when he met with Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, the Chinese minister had said his country was ready to extend all possible support for protecting Nepal’s ‘sovereignty’.

Jiechi left for Myanmar later in the afternoon, completing his three-day tour to Nepal. nepalnews.com ia Dec 04 08