Wang Yi Has a Phone Call with Nepal’s Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal

On August 29, 2026, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi had a phone call with Nepal’s Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal.

Wang Yi stated that the sudden glacial collapse in the China-Nepal border area had triggered severe mudslides, causing significant casualties and leaving people missing on both sides. It is the most serious cross-border disaster between the two countries in recent years, and the complexity and difficulty of rescue and relief operations were unprecedented. China attaches great importance to the situation. Chinese President Xi Jinping immediately issued important instructions, setting clear requirements for rescue and emergency response work. Chinese Premier Li Qiang traveled to the disaster-hit area to guide the work on the ground. While urgently carrying out rescue and relief efforts on its own side, China extended a helping hand at the earliest moment and supported Nepal in its emergency disaster relief efforts. President Xi Jinping has sent a condolence message to President Ramchandra Paudel, and Premier Li Qiang has expressed condolences to Prime Minister Balendra Shah. China will provide emergency aid to the disaster-hit area in Nepal and carry out international rescue cooperation, according to a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. This is an important political decision made by China and demonstrates China’s friendship with Nepal.

Wang Yi stated that China’s package of assistance to Nepal is being implemented, including emergency cash assistance and humanitarian aid, with some relief supplies set to arrive in Kathmandu soon. Two teams of Chinese tunnel rescue experts have rushed to the disaster-stricken area and Kathmandu to offer assistance, and China has shared with Nepal important information such as images, satellite and hydrological data of the disaster-stricken area, including early warning information of the upstream barrier lake. For Nepalese citizens stranded on the Chinese side, China has made proper arrangements and will assist them in returning to Nepal as soon as possible. Wang Yi expressed his gratitude and hope that Nepal will continue to assist and transfer Chinese citizens in Nepal. China and Nepal are a community linked by mountains and rivers and sharing a common future. In the face of the disaster, the two countries should stand together firmly, join hands to deal with it and overcome the difficulties together, and interpret the traditional friendship across the Himalayas with concrete actions.

Shisir Khanal conveyed condolences from Nepali leaders to the Chinese government and people and to the families of the victims, and expressed sincere gratitude for China’s emergency humanitarian assistance. He stated that although both Nepal and China had been hit by the disaster, China had overcome its own difficulties to extend condolences and provide assistance to Nepal at the earliest moment, fully demonstrating the high level of Nepal-China relations. The Nepali side once again expressed its gratitude to China and will continue to work closely with China to make every effort to rescue Chinese nationals who remain stranded or unaccounted for, while jointly working to locate and rescue missing foreign nationals. Nepal stands ready to strengthen cooperation with China in areas such as post-disaster reconstruction, disaster prevention and mitigation, and climate change response, and to further advance the strategic partnership of cooperation between the two countries.