Kathmandu, Nepal: Newly appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali has claimed that Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Nepal this year. 

High-level international visits would take place in Nepal in 2018, and foreign visits from Nepal will also be made, Gyawali said while speaking at an interaction program in Kathmandu on Saturday. 

The government is now preparing for the visits of dignitaries from both the countries, minister Gyawali said without specifying about the visit of those dignitaries.