Mahara expresses support to China's stance on Tibet-related issues
A senior Maoist leader has expressed his party's firm support to China's stance on Tibet-related issues.
According to news report by Xinhua, the visiting Minister for Information and Communication and senior functionary of Maoists, Krishna Bahadur Mahara, expressed 'CPN-M's firm support to China's stance on Tibet-related issues' and vowed to 'prevent any force from doing any anti-China activities in Nepal.'
He said so when meeting with Wang Jiarui, head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Monday, in Beijing.
During the meeting, Wang said that CPC and the Chinese government and people respect the Nepalese people's choice of social system and development path suited to its own conditions, the Xinhua report said.
Wang voiced his congratulations on the success of the first meeting of the newly elected Nepal's Constituent Assembly (CA) and hoped that parties concerned, including the CPN-M, would continue to push forward the peace process in Nepal so as to ensure peace, stability and development in the country as early as possible.
Wang spoke highly of the Nepalese government's and different parties' consistent position on issues concerning China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, hoping that the Nepalese side would continue to follow a friendly policy toward China.
Wang said China and Nepal are neighbors and enjoy a traditional friendship.
The CPC had maintained friendly exchanges and contacts with major Nepalese parties and it would further relations with them, said Wang.
Wang also briefed Mahara on China's fight against the severe earthquake that hit southwest China's Sichuan Province on May 12, and expressed his appreciation for the Nepalese side's concern and sympathy.
Mahara expressed deep condolences to the victims in the devastating earthquake on behalf of Prachanda, chairman of the CPN-M.
The two sides also exchanged views on party-to-party relations, the report adds. nepalnews.com sd Jun 03 08
