Signalling a possible turnaround in ties, China’s State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi could visit India later this month, the first such visit by a Chinese official since the crisis along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) sparked by the Chinese military’s transgressions in April 2020.
Sources confirmed that a proposal for Mr. Wang’s visit to India has been received by New Delhi and is under consideration.
If the Modi government accepts the proposal for the visit, it would mark a shift in its stand, articulated by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, that there can be no “business as usual” between the two countries until there is complete disengagement and de-escalation of the massive troop build-up along the LAC. Both India’s Ministry of External Affairs and China’s Foreign Ministry did not comment on the proposed visit.
