Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang will attend a meeting of foreign ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states in India, marking his second visit to the country in as many months. .
The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced in Beijing that State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin will travel to Goa to “exchange views with the foreign ministers of other SCO member states on the international and regional situation and the SCO cooperation in various fields, among other issues, to thoroughly prepare for this year’s SCO summit.”
As the newly appointed foreign minister, Qin had been in New Delhi for the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in March, which concluded without a joint statementsince China and Russia refused to sign it due to discrepancies in the wording on Ukraine.
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The SCO summit will be held on July 3-4 in New Delhi. Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to attend the meeting.
As part of the visit announcement, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that Qin would travel to Myanmar. before traveling to india.
As a newly appointed foreign minister, Qin had been in New Delhi for the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting held in March.
By the way, Pakistani media They reported on Tuesday that the Chinese foreign minister would travel to Islamabad immediately after the Goa meeting. However, this was cited by diplomatic sources and was not made public by Beijing on Tuesday.
The fact that Foreign Affairs officials combine their visits to India with Pakistan has often been a sensitive issue for New Delhi. With Pakistan being China’s closest regional ally, it may have seemed a little puzzling that Qin made two visits to India, albeit for multilateral meetings, without ever traveling to Islamabad.
Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is traveling to India to attend the SCO meeting, an extremely rare visit for a Pakistani official in recent years. In addition, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov would also be back in Goa.
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