Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting China for an informal summit with President Xi Jinping on April 27 to 28.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting China for an informal summit with President Xi Jinping on April 27 to 28.
The announcement was made by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi while addressing a press conference with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in Beijing.
Modi will be meeting Xi Jinping in the city of Wuhan.
"We will make sure that the informal summit (between PM Modi and President Jinping on April 27-28) will be a complete success and a milestone in China-India relations," Wang Yi said.
"We see socialism with Chinese characteristics entering a new era and India acts as a crucial stage in its development and revitalization. It is against this backdrop that President Xi and Prime Minister Modi have decided to hold the informal summit," he added.
Following the Doklam standoff last year both countries increased dialogue to scale down tensions and improve relations with talks at various levels.
Swaraj and Wang are meeting in the immediate backdrop of the recent meeting between National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and top official of the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) Yang Jiechi in Shanghai.
Swaraj discussed a host of bilateral issues and ways to step up the pace of high-level interactions to improve the relationship.
Swaraj arrived in Beijing on Saturday on a four-day visit to take part in the foreign ministers' meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).
This was their first meeting after Wang was elevated as state councillor last month which makes him the top diplomat of the country in the Chinese hierarchy. He also continues to be the foreign minister.
In her initial remarks, Swaraj congratulated Wang on being elevated as state councillor and appointed the special representative for the India-China boundary talks.
"This shows how much trust your leadership has in your abilities.. and I think your new responsibilities will improve India-China relations," she said.
"We will work closely with the Chinese leadership to take India-China cooperation to new heights," she said Wang said the bilateral ties have witnessed a good development and shown a positive momentum this year under the guidance of the leaders of the two nations.
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