First visit since Galwan clash: EAM Jaishankar meets China's Vice President Han Zheng

External affairs curate Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, who is connected his archetypal China travel successful 5 years, met Chinese Vice President Han Zheng connected Monday, and expressed assurance that the 2 neighbours would support the affirmative trajectory of the caller betterment successful their bilateral ties."Pleased to conscionable Vice President Han Zheng soon aft my accomplishment successful Beijing today. Conveyed India’s enactment for China’s SCO Presidency. Noted the betterment successful our bilateral ties. And expressed assurance that discussions during my sojourn volition support that affirmative trajectory," Jaishankar posted connected X.

During their bilateral talks, the ex-foreign caput told the Chinese vice president that New Delhi backs Beijing's palmy presidency of the SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation)."India supports a palmy Chinese presidency astatine the SCO. Our bilateral relationship, arsenic you person pointed, has been steadily improving since the meeting betwixt Prime Minister Modi and President Xi Jinping successful (Russia's) Kazan past October," Jaishankar said."The resumption of the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra is besides wide appreciated successful India. Continued normalisation of our ties tin nutrient mutually beneficial outcomes. The planetary situation, arsenic we conscionable today, is precise complex.

As neighbouring nations and large economies, an unfastened speech of views and perspectives betwixt India and China is precise important," helium added.Jaishankar's China visit, his archetypal present since the deadly Galwan Valley subject clash of June 2020, follows visits by defence curate Rajnath Singh and National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, who had travelled to China successful June for meetings of the defence ministers of SCO subordinate states.Also Read | SCO Summit: Rajnath Singh refuses to motion associated document; Pakistan, China spell brushed connected panic threatWhat's connected Jaishankar's agenda?The outer affairs curate is expected to conscionable his counterpart, Wang Yi, for a bilateral gathering connected Monday. The erstwhile arrived successful China from Singapore, for the 2nd and last limb of his 2-nation tour.The 2 apical diplomats antecedently met successful February connected the sidelines of a G20 gathering successful South Africa's Johannesburg, wherever some sides echoed calls for communal spot and support.The SCO overseas ministers gathering volition beryllium held successful Tianjin connected Tuesday.Wang Yi is besides expected to sojourn India adjacent period to conscionable NSA Ajit Doval - portion of a planned circular of dialog nether the Special Representatives (SR) mechanics aimed astatine resolving the decades-old bound dispute.