Kathmandu, Dec. 18 -- China has expressed its serious concerns over Chinese entities being implicated in the $215.96 million China-funded Pokhara international airport project amid a corruption investigation.

Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Chen Song, who is soon completing his three-year term in Kathmandu, paid a farewell call on Prime Minister Sushila Karki on Wednesday and voiced reservations over Chinese entities facing allegations in the Pokhara regional airport corruption case.

Chen arrived in Kathmandu in early January 2023 to take up his diplomatic assignment, and is now returning to Beijing after getting a promotion.

According to two officials familiar with Chen's meetings with ministers and officials, the ambassador was recalled ...