Nepali Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa reiterated in Kathmandu Thursday that Nepal will stick to its principled stand of One-China Policy and will not allow any anti-China activities in Nepal's territory.

"One-China Policy is always the cornerstone of our friendship as well as one of the basic policy of my government, that is Tibet remains an indivisible and integrated part and an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China," Thapa told a visiting Chinese delegation.

The 28-member delegation led by Lobsang Gyaltsen, vice chairman of the people's government of China's Tibet Autonomous Region, arrived here Tuesday for a 12-day visit from Aug. 5-16 at the invitation of the Nepali government.

There is no problem between Nepal and China since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, Thapa said, adding, "We remain very good relations, especially in the cooperation in the international arena."

The prime minister also urged further development of trade and economic relations between Nepal and China, especially Nepal's link with the Tibet Autonomous Region in the tourism sector.

Speaking on the occasion, Gyaltsen expressed his appreciation for Nepal's commitment to sticking to One-China Policy and its support to China on the issues of Tibet.

The vice chairman also noted that China, especially its Tibet Autonomous Region, has developed cooperative relations in the fields of border trade, tourism and cultural exchanges in recent years.

"We have made fruitful discussions with the Nepali side on promoting our relations and tourism cooperation further," he said, adding "I believe the memorandum of understanding on our next-step cooperation signed yesterday will make positive contributions to the development of bilateral trade."

The Tibet Autonomous Region and Nepal share a unique natural resource, that is the world's highest mountains. "We hope it can bring benefit to the economic development of both sides and to theimprovement of the two peoples' living standard." he said.

(Xinhua News Agency August 8, 2003)