October 17: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs, Narayan Kaji Shrestha, reached Beijing on Monday evening to attend the 3rd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation at the invitation of Chinese Minister of Ecology and Environment, Wang Xiaohong.    
DPM Shrestha was welcomed by Ambassador of Nepal to China, Bishnu Pukar Shrestha, and high-level officials of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, according to a press release issued by Nepal’s Embassy in China.    
DPM Shrestha will be attending the opening ceremony of the 3rd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. He will address the high-level forum on Green Development “Green Silk Road for Harmony with Nature” at the National Convention Center on October 18.    
He is scheduled to hold bilateral meetings with Chinese Minister of Emergency Management, Wang Xiangsi; and Member of the Secretariat of Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Wang Xiaohong, during his stay in Beijing.    
Similarly, DPM Shrestha will also meet Chinese Minister for International Department, Liu Jianchao.    
The Nepali delegation led by DPM Shrestha will return to Kathmandu on October 20, the press release added. -- RSS