Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06BEIJING4361
2006-03-08 05:17:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Beijing
Cable title:
PRC/NEPAL: TANG JIAXUAN RESCHEDULES TRIP TO NEPAL,
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C O N F I D E N T I A L BEIJING 004361
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/08/2016
TAGS: PREL PGOV NP CE CH
SUBJECT: PRC/NEPAL: TANG JIAXUAN RESCHEDULES TRIP TO NEPAL,
WILL ALSO VISIT SRI LANKA
REF: A. KATHMANDU 00624
B. BEIJING 02778
Classified By: Political External Unit Chief Edgard Kagan. Reasons 1.4
(b/d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L BEIJING 004361
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/08/2016
TAGS: PREL PGOV NP CE CH
SUBJECT: PRC/NEPAL: TANG JIAXUAN RESCHEDULES TRIP TO NEPAL,
WILL ALSO VISIT SRI LANKA
REF: A. KATHMANDU 00624
B. BEIJING 02778
Classified By: Political External Unit Chief Edgard Kagan. Reasons 1.4
(b/d)
1. (C) State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan has rescheduled his trip
to Nepal and will go March 16-18 (as reported Ref A),though
the trip has yet to be officially announced by the PRC. MFA
Asian Department Division Director for India, Nepal, Sri
Lanka and Bhutan Huang Xilian told Poloffs March 8 that Tang
will meet with personalities from "various circles and all
walks of life" including the King, the government, the
political parties and NGOs, repeating with some emphasis that
Tang will not just meet with the King and government
officials. Tang's visit is part of regular high-level
exchanges between the PRC and Nepal, though Huang commented
that Kathmandu has been pushing for a senior-level visit for
the past year. (Note: In the PRC system, a State Councilor is
senior to a Minister. End Note.) The main purpose of the
visit will be to strengthen bilateral ties between the two
countries and promote relations with a wide range of Nepalese
interest groups, according to Huang, who said the PRC will be
announcing the visit once all the details have been
confirmed.
2. (C) In addition to Nepal, Huang said that Tang will also
travel to Sri Lanka, where he plans to take the measure of
the new government and invite President Mahinda Rajapakse to
visit China. He noted that MFA officials have wanted to
invite the Sri Lankan President to China since last year's
election but that it has been very difficult to find a time
when senior PRC leaders were available to host a visit.
RANDT
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/08/2016
TAGS: PREL PGOV NP CE CH
SUBJECT: PRC/NEPAL: TANG JIAXUAN RESCHEDULES TRIP TO NEPAL,
WILL ALSO VISIT SRI LANKA
REF: A. KATHMANDU 00624
B. BEIJING 02778
Classified By: Political External Unit Chief Edgard Kagan. Reasons 1.4
(b/d)
1. (C) State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan has rescheduled his trip
to Nepal and will go March 16-18 (as reported Ref A),though
the trip has yet to be officially announced by the PRC. MFA
Asian Department Division Director for India, Nepal, Sri
Lanka and Bhutan Huang Xilian told Poloffs March 8 that Tang
will meet with personalities from "various circles and all
walks of life" including the King, the government, the
political parties and NGOs, repeating with some emphasis that
Tang will not just meet with the King and government
officials. Tang's visit is part of regular high-level
exchanges between the PRC and Nepal, though Huang commented
that Kathmandu has been pushing for a senior-level visit for
the past year. (Note: In the PRC system, a State Councilor is
senior to a Minister. End Note.) The main purpose of the
visit will be to strengthen bilateral ties between the two
countries and promote relations with a wide range of Nepalese
interest groups, according to Huang, who said the PRC will be
announcing the visit once all the details have been
confirmed.
2. (C) In addition to Nepal, Huang said that Tang will also
travel to Sri Lanka, where he plans to take the measure of
the new government and invite President Mahinda Rajapakse to
visit China. He noted that MFA officials have wanted to
invite the Sri Lankan President to China since last year's
election but that it has been very difficult to find a time
when senior PRC leaders were available to host a visit.
RANDT