BEIJING, Rabi'I 30, 1438, Dec 29, 2016, SPA -- China will hold its first military drills with Nepal next year, Reuters cited China's Defence Ministry as saying on Thursday. Speaking at a monthly news conference, Chinese Defence Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun said that China and Nepal's militaries had in recent years many forms of exchanges. China and Nepal had been in "initial communication" about joint army exercises, and details would be announced in due tome, Yang said without giving details. --SPA 14:46 LOCAL TIME 11:46 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w300845