KATHMANDU: Vice Chair of the Chinese Buddhist Association and monk at Nansan Temple, Shi Yinshun, paid a courtesy call on Vice President Ramsahay Prasad Yadav on Friday.
Yinshun is also the national committee member of Chinese People's Political Consultation Conference.
The meeting featured the discussion on bilateral relations and exchanges of visits and cooperation.
On the occasion, Vice President Yadav said Nepal and China have been enjoying harmonious relations which are further strengthened in the recent years.
He reminded the socio-cultural and historic relations subsisting between the two countries since the fourth century. The exchanges of visits by the Chinese and Nepali vikchhus and artisan like Araniko have expanded the two-country relations at people to people level, Yadav added.
On the occasion, the Chinese spiritual leader Yinshun informed that Lumbini is regarded as a revered place for Chinese monks.
He shared that nearly 70,000 Chinese citizens visit Lumbini every year.
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