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Sushma Swaraj meets Wang Yi to discuss India-China ties

The meeting between Sushma Swaraj and Wang Yi is part of efforts by India and China to step up the pace of high-level interactions to improve relations

India’s foreign minister Sushma Swaraj (L) shakes hands with China’s foreign minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing on Sunday. Photo: AFPPremium
India’s foreign minister Sushma Swaraj (L) shakes hands with China’s foreign minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing on Sunday. Photo: AFP

Beijing: External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday met her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi to discuss bilateral ties and step up the pace of high-level interactions to improve the relationship.

Swaraj arrived in Beijing on Saturday on a four-day visit to take part in the foreign ministers’ meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). This was their first meeting after Wang was elevated as state councillor last month which makes him the top diplomat of the country in the Chinese hierarchy. He also continues to be foreign minister.

In her initial remarks, Swaraj congratulated Wang on being elevated as state councillor and appointed the special representative for the India-China boundary talks. Their meeting is part of efforts by the two countries to step up the pace of high-level interactions to improve relations, officials here told PTI before the meeting.

Following the Doklam standoff last year both countries increased dialogue to scale down tensions and improve relations with talks at various levels.

Swaraj and Wang are meeting in the immediate backdrop of the recent meeting between national security advisor Ajit Doval and top official of the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) Yang Jiechi in Shanghai. PTI

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Published: 22 Apr 2018, 04:23 PM IST
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