India's Foreign Minister Sushma
Swaraj has arrived in China for a four-day visit to the country. In China, she
will meet the President Xi Jinping and hold talks with her Chinese counterpart
Wang Yi on an array of topics. She will also be taking part in the
Russia-India-China (RIC) trilateral.
She is expected to give final
touches to the agreement between India and China regarding the second root for
the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra. The agreement was signed last year during
President Xi Jinping's visit to India. The root through Nathu La Pass in Sikkim
that will provide the pilgrims with easy bus route to Kailash Mansarovar, is
expected to be opened in the coming two-three months.
Swaraj will be accompanied by the
newly-appointed foreign secretary S Jaishankar and other top officials of the ministry.
The foreign minister's China trip
comes within a week of US President Obama's three-day visit to India. The
foreign ministry has said that the external affairs minister will hold talks on
'bilateral, regional and global issues of concern to both sides' with her
Chinese counterpart.
The possibility of a PM Modi's
visit to China towards the end of the year will also be explored during the visit.
In her four-day stay in the neighboring country, Swaraj will address the
India-China Media Forum, meet the Indian community living in Beijing, and
inaugurate the 'Visit India Year' ot bolster the tourism sector.
Hua Chunying, the spokesperson of
the Chinese foreign ministry, earlier told the media that China gives great
importance to the visit of the foreign minister; and the mutual relationship
between the two developing nations are on the right track.
Prior to her visit, a number of
articles and critical commentaries were appearing in the Chinese media accusing
President Obama of giving too much importance to India in order to contain the
Chinese influence in the region.
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