The envoy Houlan is scheduled to present his credentials to President Dr Ram Baran Yadav at a special function to be held at Shital Niwas on Monday.
Talking briefly to media person at Tribhuvan International Airport, the envoy said that his priority would be to further strengthen friendship and cooperation between Nepal and China. [break]
“I am honored to be here as an ambassador. Nepal and China share long history and tradition of friendship. I will do my best to promote this kind of traditional friendship,” he said.
China announced the name of Houlan last month as the successor of Qiu Guohong after the latter made an early departure to Beijing in April 8 -- eight months before his three-year term expired.
As a high-profile security expert at Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), Yang served as China´s ambassador for Korean Peninsula Affairs before taking up the diplomatic assignment in Nepal.
He was involved for the past two years in dealings of the Six-Party-Talks, a group of six powerful nations comprising the United States, China, Russia, Japan, South Korea and North Korea, formed to convince North Korea to give up its nuclear ambition.
The envoy has also served as China´s ambassador to war-ravaged Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia.
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