Kathmandu, June 14 -- Chief of the Nepal Army General Purna Chandra Thapa is leaving on Sunday for China on a weeklong visit, but as of Thursday, there was no confirmation from the Nepal Army about the agreements that he will be signing.

The signing of a protocol agreement on non-lethal assistance to Nepal Army to be provided by China's People's Liberation Army, however, is expected.

A protocol agreement on Chinese assistance to Nepal Army was announced during the visit of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Ishowr Pokhrel to China in October 2018.

This is the second foreign visit of Thapa after he became the chief of the national defence force on September 9, 2018.

Earlier, he paid an official visit to India in the second ...