Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will begin a two-day visit to India on Monday for the next round of border talks with National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, the Foreign Ministry announced on Saturday.
The Chinese foreign minister will be coming to India at the invitation of National Security Advisor Ajit Doval.
During the visit, Wang will attend the 24th meeting of the Special Representatives (SRs) meeting on the China-India boundary issue, the ministry said.
Wang, along with NSA Doval, heads the Special Representatives dialogue mechanism aimed at addressing the vexed border dispute spanning the 3,488 km Line of Actual Control (LAC).
External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar will also hold a bilateral meeting with Wang Yi, the MEA added.
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in its statement: “From August 18 to 20, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Minister of Foreign Affairs and China’s Special Representative on the China-India boundary question Wang Yi will visit India and hold the 24th Round of Talks Between the Special Representatives of China and India on the Boundary Question at the invitation of the Indian side.”
Doval travelled to China in December last and held the 23rd round of talks with Wang, weeks after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping decided to revive various dialogue mechanisms between the two sides at their meeting in the Russian city of Kazan on the sidelines of the BRICS summit.
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Wang’s visit comes ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit, scheduled for August 31–September 1 in the Chinese city of Tianjin, which Prime Minister Modi is expected to attend.
