Beijing: Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang will travel to India this week to take part in the G20 Foreign Ministers meeting March 2, the Foreign Ministry announced here Tuesday.
Qin’s visit to India will be the first by the Chinese Foreign Minister after his predecessor Wang Yi’s visit to New Delhi in 2019 to attend the Special Representatives dialogue on the border mechanism.
Wang and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval were the Special Representatives.
At the invitation of his Indian counterpart Minster S Jaishankar, Foreign Minister Qin will attend the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in New Delhi March 2, the announcement here said.
Relations between the two countries are virtually frozen ever since the eastern Ladakh military standoff between the two countries in May 2020.
The two countries have held 17 high-level military commanders talks to resolve the standoff.
India has been maintaining that its ties with China cannot be normal unless there is peace in the border areas.
India assumed the Presidency of the G20 December 1, last year.
The G20 members represent around 85 percent of the global GDP, over 75 percent of the global trade, and about two-thirds of the world population.
The member countries include Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the UK, and the USA.
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