New Chinese international department head holds talks with Oli and Dahal

Conversation comes amid a row over a US programme in Nepal just as Beijing welcomes Kathmandu’s decision not to move ahead with the SPP.

Liu Jianchao, the new head of the International Liaison Department of Communist Party of China, held talks with CPN (Maoist Centre) chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal and CPN-UML chair KP Oli and on Wednesday and Thursday.