Chinese FM holds phone talks with Nepali counterpart

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held phone talks with Nepali counterpart Shisir Khanal on Saturday. The two officials discussed disaster response, emergency humanitarian and cash assistance from China, and joint search and rescue efforts following severe floods in the Rasuwa–Gyirong port area.

The ministers also talked about repatriating stranded citizens and improving real-time meteorological and hydrological data sharing to prevent future disaster risks.