KATHMANDU: Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Hou Yanqi on Thursday morning rushed to Khumaltar to meet Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda”.
According to sources, Yanqi reached Khumaltar and held talks with Prachanda for half an hour. The meeting dwelled on the latest political developments of Nepal, sources have said.
She held talks with Prachanda on the latest political developments and the “split” of the NCP besides taking stock of the latest scenario, sources said.
Earlier too, Chinese Ambassador Yanqi had held political meetings at the time when the intra-party feud of the NCP had reached a new height.
The Chinese Ambassador met Prachanda at the time when the ruling NCP is heading for a vertical split after President Bidhya Devi Bhandari dissolved the Parliament on the recommendation of Prime Minister KP Oli-led government.
Ambassador Yanqi swings into action when any dispute in the ruling party reaches a climax.
It has been proven that as the feud within the ruling party heightens; Chinese Ambassador Yanqi becomes proactive in Kathmandu as she makes harried moves to visit NCP big-wigs.
Political observers have to note that China, like in the past, has been particularly concerned over the row within the ruling NCP, and the latest political developments here in Nepal.
It may be noted that Yanqi has been accustomed to intensifying meetings with the NCP top-notch leaders to prevent the party from splitting.
She had also met and discussed with the NCP top leaders, including NCP Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal and Jhalanath Khanal in May this year when the party was on the verge of a split.
China government’s move about the micromanagement of Nepali politics has drawn international attention towards Nepal, of late, observers say.
Observers in Nepal dub the ambassador’s moves as unusual while some have taken it an apparent move as this is a mere continuation of such initiations that have taken in the past.
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