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CPC delegation kicks off three-nation tour to South Asia
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-02-14 11:07

A delegation of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Saturday kicked off a tour to three South Asian nations -- Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

Liu Hongcai, deputy head of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, as a representative of the CPC, will attend the eighth congress of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) at the invitation of the latter.

Liu and his delegation will also pay goodwill visits to Bangladesh and Pakistan at the invitation of Bangladesh Awami League and Pakistan People's Party.