China Foreign Minister to Make First India Visit Since 2019

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Wang Yi, right, with Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in Beijing in 2019. Photographer: Zhai Jianlan/Xinhua/Getty Images

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By Sudhi Ranjan Sen

March 23, 2022 at 6:45 AM UTC

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March 23, 2022 at 8:36 AM UTC

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit India Friday, a person familiar with the matter said, the highest-level visit from Beijing since deadly clashes along their border in 2020.

The senior diplomat is scheduled to meet National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, the official said, adding that they are set to discuss Russia’s war in Ukraine and their own Himalayan conflict. India and China have continued to seek a resolution to the border spat in recent months, the official said.