Chinese President Xi Jinping meets Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli in the port city of Tianjin, north China, on Saturday.

Oli is in China to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025, as well as activities to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.

Speaking highly of the China-Nepal good-neighborly friendship in the past seven decades, Xi said that the high-quality Belt and Road cooperation between the two countries is advancing steadily at present.

China stands ready to work with Nepal to carry forward the traditional friendship and take to new heights the China-Nepal strategic partnership of cooperation featuring ever-lasting friendship for development and prosperity, Xi noted.

He urged efforts to deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, jointly advance Belt and Road cooperation, and strengthen connectivity through ports, roads, power grids, aviation and telecommunications.

Xi called for enhancing cooperation in areas such as industry, agriculture and animal husbandry, new energy, environmental protection, oil and gas, artificial intelligence, education, health, law enforcement, and security.

Efforts should also be made to enhance communication and coordination in multilateral platforms such as the United Nations and the SCO, jointly support free trade and sustainable development, and safeguard international fairness and justice.

Oli noted that cooperation with China has strongly promoted Nepal's economic and social development. Stressing that Nepal firmly adheres to the one-China principle and resolutely opposes separatist moves for "Taiwan independence," he said Nepal will not allow any force to use its territory to harm China's interests.

Nepal supports the China-proposed Global Development Initiative, Global Security Initiative and Global Civilization Initiative, and expects China to play a greater role in international affairs, he added.

(With input from Xinhua)