Kathmandu, Aug. 28 -- Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is embarking on his second visit to China on Saturday, this time to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025 in Tianjin at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Wednesday.

Earlier, Oli paid an official visit to China in December last year.

Besides attending the SCO summit, the prime minister will attend a commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War on September 3 before leaving for Kathmandu.

Currently Nepal is a dialogue partner in the SCO but is seeking observer status in the regional bloc, which bri...