Kathmandu, Mar. 24: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Narayan Kaji Shrestha is leaving for China on Sunday. 

DPM Shrestha is paying a nine-day official visit to the People’s Republic of China at the invitation of Wang Yi, Member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Foreign Minister of China.

According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, DPM and Foreign Minister Shrestha will hold bilateral talks with Chinese counterparty Wang on March 26. 

While in China, DPM Shrestha is scheduled to meet high level dignitaries of China in Beijing and other provinces.

DPM Shrestha will return to Kathmandu on April 1.