Chinese Envoy meets CPN leader Nepal amidst internal dispute in ruling party

Setopati

Kathmandu, July 6

Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Hou Yanqi has met senior leader of CPN and chief of the party's foreign department Madhav Kumar Nepal amidst internal dispute in the ruling party.

Deputy chief of the department Bishnu Rijal has confirmed that Yanqi met Nepal at the latter's residence on Sunday but did not reveal what the two discussed.

The Chinese envoy had also met Nepal and CPN Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal on May 1 when CPN was similarly mired in internal dispute. She had also met Prime Minister (PM) and CPN Chairman KP Sharma Oli a few days before May 1. Many believed that her meetings played a role in dousing the fire in the ruling party then.

Internal dynamics in the ruling party is again very fluid in recent times with Dahal and Nepal again allying to oust Oli from Baluwatar.

The meeting of Chinese envoy at the time of escalating internal dispute in the ruling party is considered meaningful and many are comparing it with how the Indian Embassy in Nepal earlier used to openly interfere in Nepali politics.

Published Date: 2020-07-06 08:52:00

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