The China Institute of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR) has stated that the Chinese President Xi Jinping is likely to visit Nepal by October this year.

The visiting CICIR delegation today met Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda at his official residence at Baluwatar and Informed about this.

The delegation briefed the PM that the China was willing to establish the positive and sustainable relations with the government in Nepal.

In response to the CICIR delegates, Prime Minister Prachanda said we hoped we could welcome Chinese President to the country very soon. He also stated that such a high–level visit would contribute to strengthen the bilateral ties between two country Nepal and China.

He further added that Nepal was willing to make the Nepal-China bilateral ties reliable and long-lasting, according to Dahal's press aide Manohari Timilsina.

On the occasion, the visiting Chinese delegation led by Professor Ji Zhiye stated that China was willing to exchange its development experiences with Nepal, help expedite its post-quake rebuild efforts, assist large-scale development projects, increase the arrival of Chinese tourists in Nepal and join hands in the development of tourism infrastructure here.

On the same day Prime Minister Prachanda has stressed on national consensus for addressing national issues during his meeting with the delegation of the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ).

Prime Minister Prachanda emphasized on national consensus to formulate new laws, expedite the post-quake reconstruction works, implement and amend the constitution.

He expected the positive role from media even to forge a national consensus, adding that the media sector had played positive and progressive role in various political movements in the past.