KATHMANDU: Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Hou Yanqi met Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Vice-Chairman Bamdev Gautam in Naxal this afternoon.
During the meeting, recent political developments in Nepal are said to be discussed.
It should be noted that Gautam has been making attempts to avert the split in the ruling party although the party has already split unofficially. He has not joined any factions of the party.
The Chinese Ambassadors has been meeting NCP leaders in wake of political development after the dissolution of the House of Representatives.
She had recently met Chairmen of NCP Prachanda-Nepal faction Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias Prachanda and Madhav Nepal, former Energy Minister Barshaman Pun, and former Speaker Krishna Bahadur Malla.
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 Hou becomes proactive in Kathmandu as she makes hurried moves to visit NCP big-wigs.
It should be noted that Chinese Ambassador Hou in the past had played crucial roles in saving the ruling party from a split.
Political observers 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.
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.
Earlier, a four-member delegation of the Communist Party of China (CPC) led by Vice-minister of the International Department of CPC Guo Yezhou had met NCP leaders including Prime Minister KP Oli in Kathmandu.
The delegation had left empty-handed after it failed in its last-ditch effort to avert the split in the ruling party.
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