After Nepal prime minister goes, China says hopes for stability


  • World
  • Tuesday, 26 Jul 2016

FILE PHOTO: Prime Minister candidate and Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) (CPN-UML) Khadga Prashad Oli, also known as K.P. Oli, arrives for a prime ministerial election at the parliament in Kathmandu, Nepal, October 11, 2015. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar/File photo

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry said on Tuesday it hoped that all parties in Nepal put national interest first and worked for stability, after the landlocked country's prime minister resigned, nine months after coming to power.

Nepali Prime Minister K.P. Oli resigned on Sunday, minutes before parliament was to vote on a no-confidence motion he was likely to lose.

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