Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri To Begin 2-Day Trip To China On January 26

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said that Misri's visit to the Chinese capital to attend a meeting under the Foreign Secretary-Vice Minister mechanism which is being held between India and China.

File photo of Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri.

Source : IANS

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will travel to China on a two-day trip from Sunday (January 26). The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said that Misri's visit to the Chinese capital to attend a meeting under the Foreign Secretary-Vice Minister mechanism which is being held between India and China.

"Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will be visiting Beijing on January 26 and 27 for a meeting of the Foreign Secretary-Vice Minister mechanism between India and China," the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday. 

"The resumption of this bilateral mechanism flows from the agreement at the leadership level to discuss the next steps for India-China relations, including in the political, economic, and people-to-people domains," the MEA said in the statement. 

The visit comes weeks after National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval travelled to Beijing and held talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi under the framework of Special Representatives (SR) dialogue on the boundary dispute. 

Earlier in October, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping had met in Kazan, where the two leaders held a meeting for around 50 minutes. The Modi-Xi meeting came two days after India and China firmed up a disengagement pact for Depsang and Demchok, the last two friction points in eastern Ladakh. 

Last week, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said the India-China relationship is trying to disentangle itself from the complications arising from the post-2020 border situation and more thought needs to be given to the longer-term evolution of the ties.