KATHMANDU, Aug. 30 -- Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is leaving for China on Saturday morning to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Tianjin.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oli will fly to China on a chartered Himalayan Airlines flight at 7 AM, leading a 23-member Nepali delegation. The prime minister had briefed the House of Representatives on Friday about his five-day official visit, which will run from August 31 to September 4.

Joining the delegation will be Oli's spouse Radhika Shakya, former deputy prime minister and lawmaker Purna Bahadur Khadka, Minister for Education, Science and Technology Raghuji Pant, Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Badri Prasad Pandey, former finance min...