NEW DELHI, Aug 7:
India and China will be encountering each other with a host of issues in the coming week as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visits New Delhi against the backdrop of various irritants in the relationship of the two countries.
The two Foreign Ministers would be having a bilateral meeting for the first time after Beijing scuttled India’s bid for membership of the NSG, which came close on the heels of China obstructing India’s move at the UN for ban on Pakistan-based militant Masood Azhar.
India had replied by issuing visas to Uighur leaders, who are spearheading a separatist movement in China, to attended a conference in Dharamshala hosted by dissident Chinese. India had also refused to extend visa of three Chinese journalists working with the official Xinhua news agency after what it called ”adverse inputs” by intelligence agencies about their conduct.
Moreover, there were news reports last month about Chinese intrusion in Uttarakhand, over which state Chief Minister Harish Rawat had expressed grave concern to the Centre. Mr Wang during his visit to Delhi will also be doing some preparatory work for the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to India for attending the Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) Summit in October. Earlier, Mr Wang had visited India in 2014 and Ms Swaraj had visited Beijing in early 2015. Besides, the two Foreign Ministers had been meeting regularly on the margins of multilateral events. Mr Wang, during his visit, will hold talks with Ms Swaraj on August 13.
“During the visit, the two sides will discuss various issues of mutual interest including the upcoming multilateral meetings viz, G-20 Summit being held in China and BRICS Summit being held in India,” Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Vikas Swarup said here. (UNI)
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