External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar To Begin Three-Day China Visit On July 13 | Exclusive

Last Updated:July 04, 2025, 14:36 IST

This will be External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's first visit to China after both sides decided to lock the patrolling agreement last year in October

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will first visit Beijing where he will hold a couple of meetings. (MEA File)

Starting July 13, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar will be on a three-day visit to China. This will be the Minister’s first visit to China after both sides decided to lock the patrolling agreement last year in October.

The EAM will first visit Beijing where he will hold a couple of meetings which will be followed by his visit to Tianjin for the SCO Foreign Minister’s Meeting.

Before Jaishankar’s visit to China, National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval visited China twice, once in December and once last month for SCO security meetings. Foreign secretary Vikram Misri visited China in January and Rakshan Mantri Rajnath Singh went to China to attend SCO Defence Minister’s Meeting.

India and China both are normalising ties. The Kailash Mansarovar Yatra has resumed after a gap of five years. Both sides are also discussing resumption of direct flight. Singh, in a meeting with Chinese Defence Minister Admiral Dong Jun, stressed on border management and to have a permanent solution of border demarcation by rejuvenating the established mechanism on the issue. The two ministers also agreed to continue consultations at various levels to achieve progress on issues related to disengagement, de-escalation, border management and eventual de-limitation through existing mechanisms.

China said that its boundary dispute with India is “complicated" and expressed its willingness to engage in talks on border delimitation and maintain peace along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

Responding to a query on Singh’s remarks, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said, “What I can tell you is that China and India have established the Special Representatives (SRs) mechanism on the boundary question and reached the Agreement on the Political Parameters and Guiding Principles for the Settlement of the China-India Boundary Question."

Siddhant Mishra

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