Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, July 28. Premier Li Keqiang of the State Council called Deuba  to congratulate him on his appointment as Prime Minister of Nepal on July 27.

Li Keqiang said in the congratulatory message that China and Nepal are friendly neighbors linked by mountains and rivers and helping each other in the same boat. I would like to work together with Prime Minister Deuba to overcome the challenge of the covid-19, to jointly build the "Belt and Road" with high quality, to expand and deepen mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields, and to promote the continuous development and prosperity of the our strategic partnership for generations of friendship to take a new step.