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Their Majesties arrive in
Beijing Beijing, 9 July: Their Majesties King Gyanendra
Bir Bikram Shah Dev and Queen Komal Rajya Laxmi Devi Shah have arrived in Beijing at the
start of a state visit to the People's Republic of China. Included in the entourage are Minister for Health Sarat Singh Bhandari and other members of the visit team. Upon arrival at Beijing's Capital Airport in connection with the l0 day state visit to the People's Republic of China at the friendly invitation of Chinese President Jiang Zemin, His Majesty the King was accorded a hearty welcome by vice Minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China Wang Yi, Royal Nepalese Ambassador to China Rajeshwar Acharya and Mrs Kamala Acharya. Their Majesties arrived at Beijing's Capital Airport by a special flight of Royal Nepal Airlines at 6.30 pm local time. On the occasion Their Majesties were offered bouquets by girls as per Chinese custom. Also present to welcome Their Majesties were other officials and employees of the Royal Nepalese Embassy in Beijing. Their Majesties are paying a state visit to
neighbouring country China after paying a state visit to another neighbouring country,
India, soon after completion of one year since accession to the throne. His Majesty is scheduled to visit the Hualixing science and technology development company tomorrow. After that a formal welcome will be accorded to Their Majesties by President of China Jiang Zemin at the Great Hall of the People. Also tomorrow, two agreements are to be signed in the presence of His Majesty the King and President Zemin. Also tomorrow letters are to be exchanged on the opening of an honorary Nepalese consulate general in Shanghai. Similarly, agreements are to be reached on an annual grant aid to Nepal of Rs 780 million from the government of china, the trade treaty with the Tibet Autonomous Region of China which is renewed every l0 years and on trade. Other Stories |
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