Security beefed up for President Xi’s visit

KATHMANDU: The government has made elaborate security arrangements ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Nepal on Saturday.

A large number of security personnel, including Nepal Army, have been mobilized in Kathmandu as part of security arrangements and to avert any untoward incidences during the visit, Home Ministry sources have said.

After landing at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), Chinese President Xi will be taken to Hotel Soaltee, Tahachal.

He is scheduled to hold talks with his Nepali counterpart Bidhya Devi Bhandari at the President’s Office at Shital Niwas the same day.

There will be no vehicular movement for three hours in Kathmandu on Saturday, sources said.