Qin Gang is expected to have a meeting with his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar, on the sideline of the foreign ministers’ meet where they are likely to assess the situation at the disputed border.
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The New Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang will visit India this week to attend the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in New Delhi.
Chinese foreign ministry today announced that the two countries continue attempts to resolve the ongoing friction along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the eastern Ladakh area.
Qin is expected to have a bilateral meeting with external affairs minister, S Jaishankar, on the sidelines of the foreign ministers’ meet where they are likely to assess the situation at the disputed border and evaluate the outcomes of the diplomatic and military talks, which were recently held to resolve the boundary tension.
“At the invitation of Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang will attend the G20 Foreign Ministers conference in New Delhi, India on March 2,” the Chinese foreign ministry announced in a brief statement on Tuesday.
“As the main forum for international economic cooperation, the G20 should focus on addressing outstanding challenges in the field of international economy and development and play a greater role in promoting world economic recovery and global development,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, Mao Ning said on Tuesday.
Foreign ministers from the bloc will meet in New Delhi this week under the shadow of Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine and increasingly tense US-China tensions.