KATMUNDU, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said Nepal's peace, stability, unity and development are the common aspirations of the countries in the region.

The Chinese foreign minister made the remarks on Friday while addressing a reception hosted by the Chinese Embassy to Nepal.

Wang said Nepal has undergone a lot of changes in the past years but the friendly relations between China and Nepal have not changed.

Nepal parties may hold different political views but all of them have expressed the hope to boost the friendly ties with China, pursued friendly policies toward China and made their contributions to the development of bilateral ties, Wang said.

Nepal is now devoted to the goal of removing itself from the list of the Least Developed Countries (LDC) by 2022, and China believes that Nepal will attain the goal by that time, the Chinese foreign minister said.

To realize the goal, Nepal, first of all, needs politically and socially stable environments, and China, as a friend of Nepal, hopes that the constitutional process in the country will be pushed forward smoothly, Wang said.

China also hopes that all political parties in Nepal will seek common ground while reserving differences and hammer out an agreement through friendly consultations at an earliest possible date so as to serve the fundamental and the long-term interests of the country.