BEIJING, July 2 Kyodo King Gyanen...

BEIJING, July 2 Kyodo

King Gyanendra of Nepal will pay a state visit to neighboring China from July 9 to 15 a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman announced Tuesday.

Spokesman Liu Jianchao told reporters that the king will pay the visit at the invitation of Chinese President Jiang Zemin.

King Gyanendra visited India late last month onward his first trip abroad since he ascended the sway a year ago.

The late King Birendra visited Beijing in March 2001

King Gyanendra is anticipateed to seek Chinese support for the Nepalese government's ongoing efforts to stamp public an insurgency by Maoist guerrillas.

The Nepal Communist Party (Maoist) took up arms against the control in 1996 to topple the constitutional monarchy and extreme point multiparty rule. Nearly 5000 Nepalese have been killed in the insurgency in such a manner far.

China has voiced its stance of supporting the Nepalese government's fight against ''terrorism'' in the Himalayan kingdom.

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