KATHMANDU, April 14: Chairman of the Unified CPN (Maoist), Pushpa Kamal Dahal, has claimed that his China visit would mark a beginning of a new history.
Talking to journalists before he departed for China visit at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), he said he had started his visit to China in order to take benefit from the economic progress and prosperity of its neighbours as per the national interest.[break]
UCPN-Maoist Chairman Dahal said, "We should take initiative to benefit from their economic development by forgetting and ending all the existing tendencies of using one country against another.
My visit to China, and the visit to India that would follow right after returning from China would be guided by the same motivation."
Dahal claimed that he would focus his visit on the stability and development of the country.
He said that the government and the Government of China had given his visit official status and that it had made him more responsible.
Stating that he was leaving for China as a Coordinator of the High-level Political Committee, Dahal said he would appeal Nepal´s neighbours to support for a free and fair election that was going to be held soon.
He said that during his visit, he would meet Chinese President, Prime Minister, as well as senior leaders of the Communist Party of China.
Informing that he was going for an India visit right after China, UCPN-Maoist Chairman Dahal stressed the need of keeping both the neighbors in equidistance and work for the paramount interests of the nation.
Dahal said that a tripartite relation should be developed for a prosperous Nepal and that he would center his visit for the same.
Dahal expressed his hope that the date for the Constituent Assembly elections would be declared soon, and urged one and all to center their activities for an environment of elections.
Dahal´s wife Sita Dahal, Chundamadi Khadka of his Secretariat, Santu Darai, Dan Bahadur Malla of Nepal Police are accompanying Dahal in the visit.