All contacted Chinese properly transferred, resettled after mudslide disaster: Chinese foreign ministry

BEIJING, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- As of August 30, all Chinese nationals who had been contacted in the disaster-stricken areas of Nepal after a devastating mudslide have been properly transferred and resettled, and they were safe, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said Monday.

Spokesperson Guo Jiakun told a daily media briefing that currently, China is making every effort to search for and rescue the missing at home and abroad, and is in close contact with foreign embassies in China to jointly conduct screening and aftermath handling for missing foreign nationals.

The disaster, triggered by a sudden glacier collapse in Nepal's border area, has caused significant casualties and left people missing on both Chinese and Nepali sides. It has been the most serious cross-border disaster between the two countries in recent years, and the relief efforts are unprecedentedly complex and arduous.