MEA swarupIndia and China to hold a Strategic Dialogue in Beijing from February 22; Foreign Secretary S. Jaishanker to take part in the talks; Key issues of mutual interest and concern such as Masood Azhar and NSG to be discussed.

Foreign secretary S Jaishankar will travel to Beijing next week for the strategic dialogue.

The mechanism was set up last year, by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, when the latter visited New Delhi in August 2016.