Visiting Chinese delegation dangles carrot, Oli refuses to oblige

New Delhi, Dec 28 : In a visible sign of turbulence in their relationship, the visiting Chinese delegation led by Guo Yezhou, a vice minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) was accorded a frosty reception at Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International airport on Sunday.
Only the Chinese ambassador to Nepal Hou Yanqi was at the airport to receive the visiting delegation that arrived by a regular Air China flight. No one from the Nepali side was present to welcome the Chinese guest at the Tribhuvan International Airport, The Kathmandu Post reported.
Guo air-dashed to Nepal to make a last-ditch effort to reunite the Nepal Communist Party (NCP), which is on the verge of an irreconcilable split driven by the coalition’s two major factions-one led by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and the other headed by Pushpa Kamal Dahal, known by his nom de guerre Prachanda.
Nepal was thrown into turmoil last Sunday when Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli recommended the dissolution of the lower house to President Bidya Devi Bhandari.
Upon arrival, the four-member delegation held talks with President Bhandari and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Sunday evening.
Later in the evening the visiting delegation met Oli, who was accompanied by finance minister and party general secretary Bishnu Poudel, The Kathmandu Post reported. The meeting lasted over two hours.