The First Chinese Defence Minister to visit Nepal

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 Chinese Defence Minister on Thursday called on Nepal Prime Minister Prachanda and discussed a range of bilateral issues including defence cooperation ahead of the first joint military exercise between Nepal and China. General Chang Wanquan, who leads the 2.3-million-strong People’s Liberation Army (PLA), the world’s largest, arrived in Kathmandu on Thursday with a 19-member delegation on a three-day goodwill visit at the invitation of Defence Minister Balkrishna Khand.Chang, the first Chinese Defence Minister to visit Nepal in 16 years, is expected to discuss bilateral military cooperation and the ‘One Belt, One Road’ (OBOR) initiative, an ambitious project viewed with suspicion by India. India has some concerns over the OBOR, which includes a maze of projects connecting China with Euro-Asia and is floated by Beijing as a connectivity and economic project. The visit comes ahead of the Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat’s four-day official visit to Nepal from March 28. Chang met Prachanda who is scheduled to leave for China tonight for high-level talks. “He is the first Chinese Defence Minister to visit Nepal after a gap of 16 years, which is a matter of pleasure for us,” said a senior official at the Defence Ministry. The Chinese defence minister’s visit coincides with the first joint military exercise between the Nepal Army and the PLA scheduled later this year. Chang will receive a briefing on the joint exercise and also visit Nepal Army’s Kathmandu Valley unit.

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