Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Saturday.
“A morning for neighbourly engagement. Chinese FM Wang Yi calls on Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” External Affairs Ministry Spokesman Vikas Swarup posted on Twitter.
Mr. Wang is visiting India for holding talks with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on various issues of mutual interest.
Discussing issues of mutual importance. EAM >@SushmaSwaraj meets with her counterpart Chinese FM Wang Yi in New Delhi >pic.twitter.com/ZcuvUpwzIv
— Vikas Swarup (@MEAIndia) >August 13, 2016
Mr. Wang on Friday met Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar to review the logistics and security arrangements for Chinese President Xi Jinping’s proposed visit in October to the coastal State for the BRICS summit. - IANS
Atul Aneja reports from Beijing:
As Mr. Wang began his three-day visit India visit from Goa, a commentary in the state-run Xinhua news agency that appeared on Friday was not far from linking New Delhi’s entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) with the South China Sea (SCS) issue.
The juxtaposition of the two themes, which have recently become a cause of friction between the two countries, appeared under the title, “India should join China in rising above differences, forging closer partnership.”
Slight softening of stand on NSG
The write-up underscored that India should not consider that its entry into the NSG is “tightly closed”. It pointed out that “so far, there is no precedent for a non-Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) signatory to become a NSG member”. But it added: “However, New Delhi should not be downhearted, as the door to the NSG is not tightly closed. But any future discussions need to be based on safeguarding an international nuclear non-proliferation mechanism, in which India itself has a huge stake.” | > Read more
