Kathmandu, Aug. 30 -- Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli held bilateral talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Tianjin on Saturday, ahead of the 25th Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and the SCO Plus meeting.

Oli had flown to Tianjin on Saturday morning from Kathmandu and held the meeting with the Chinese President hours after landing in the host city of the 25th SCO summit.

During the meeting with the Chinese President, Nepali Prime Minister Oli raised the issue of Lipulekh, as per the Foreign Secretary Amrit Bahadur Rai.

"The issue of Lipulekh was also raised (by the Prime Minister). Regarding that matter, the Prime Minister stated that the Sugauli Treaty of 1816 AD has made the demarcation of Nepali territor...