Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will be on a two-day visit to India starting from Monday to hold the 24th round of the Special Representatives’ (SR) Talks on the India-China boundary question with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Saturday.
The Chinese Foreign Minister’s visit is scheduled to take place days ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s planned visit to China to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit scheduled to take place at Tianjin, from August 31 to September 1.
“At the invitation of National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China and Chinese Foreign Minister Mr. Wang Yi will visit India on 18-19 August 2025. During his visit, he will hold the 24th round of the Special Representatives’ (SR) Talks on the India-China boundary question with India’s SR, NSA Doval,” the MEA said in a statement.
“External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will hold a bilateral meeting with Mr. Wang Yi,” the statement further said.
The Chinese Foreign Minister’s visit to India was also confirmed by the Chinese Ministry
for Foreign Affairs.
“From August 18 to 20, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Minister of Foreign Affairs and China’s Special Representative on the China-India boundary question Wang Yi will visit India and hold the 24th Round of Talks Between the Special Representatives of China and India on the Boundary Question at the invitation of the Indian side,” the Chinese Ministry for Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
In June, National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval also visited China to attend the 20th Meeting of the SCO Security Council Secretaries.
In his intervention at the meeting, he highlighted the need to shun double standards in the fight against terrorism and take decisive actions against UN-proscribed terrorists and entities like LeT, JeM and their proxies and dismantle their terror eco-systems.
In July, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar visited China to attend the Meeting of the Council of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Tianjin. He also held discussions with his Chinese counterpart on the sidelines of the meeting. He also called on Chinese President Xi Jinping, along with his fellow SCO Foreign Ministers.
Earlier in June, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh visited China to attend the SCO Defence Ministers Meeting. India had refused to endorse the joint declaration at the SCO Defence Ministers’ meeting, citing the exclusion of concerns around terrorism as a key reason.
India stated that it wanted concerns about terrorism reflected in the document, which was not acceptable to one particular country; therefore, the statement was not adopted.
During his visit, Singh met his Chinese counterpart, Admiral Don Jun, and the two leaders had a “constructive and forward-looking exchange of views” on issues related to bilateral ties.