Kathmandu, May 17 -- Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of China, Xiao Jie, referred to Mount Everest by its Sino name, "Chomolungma," while addressing the inaugural session of Nepal's flagship event, the Sagarmatha Sambaad.

While addressing the event, the Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the People's Republic of China, Xiao Jie, only used the Chinese name for the Everest, while the rest of the attendees used the English and Nepali names for the event.

Nepal had entitled the event with the highest peak in the world, Sagarmatha or Mount Everest, as "Sagarmatha Sambaad", where Sambaad means "conversation" in Nepali.

Xiao Jie was invited as the keynote speaker for the inaugural session of the three-day event. He delivered h...