To smoothen up bilateral ties, PM Modi set to emplane on his 3-day China visit today
Beijing, April 26: In a wake to smoothen up bilateral ties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to embark on 3-day visit to China.PM Modi and Xi Jinping are set to hold informal meet on April 27-28 in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province. This meet would definitely add up to push bilateral relations on higher levels.
PM Narendra Modi will leave to China visit this afternoon. He will hold talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping during an informal summit on Friday and Saturday in Wuhan city.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday said that it will be an important occasion for PM Modi and Xi to exchange views on bilateral and international matters with the objective of enhancing mutual communication at the level of leaders.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that the meeting between PM Modi and PM Xi will be a milestone in India-China relations.
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the announcement on Sunday, on the sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meet. Wang Yi said that Xi and Modi will have strategic communication on the world's profound changes, and exchange, in an in-depth manner, views on overall, long-term and strategic issues regarding China-India relations.
EAM Sushma Swaraj, sternly thriving to boost India China relations, said “maintaining peace with the border areas with China was an essential prerequisite for the smooth development of bilateral ties,” during the crucial talks held with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.
On this background, Xi and Modi decided to hold this informal meetings, which will help deepen mutual trust between the two leaders, make a strategic judgement on the world pattern and China-India relations, and guide the two countries to set new goals and open up new prospects for the bilateral ties, Wang said. The last meeting between Xi and Modi took place in China's southeastern city of Xiamen last September after the ninth BRICS summit.