Beijing believed that Wang should approach PM Modi, Delhi said pleasant no
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to approach Prime Minister Narendra Modi, however South Block courteously declined, The Indian Express has learnt.
The Indian side was said to have passed on to the Chinese that the Prime Minister was occupied Friday since he needed to go to the swearing-in function of the UP Chief Minister in Lucknow.
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Wang, who came on an unannounced visit to New Delhi, was here after over two years. He arrived at the Capital at 7.45 pm Thursday and left around 3 pm Friday.
Sources said the Chinese have welcomed Doval to China in his ability as the Special Representative. The NSA, sources said, answered emphatically, saying he could visit after quick issues were settled effectively.
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The Chinese didn't, nonetheless, welcome India for a gathering on Afghanistan which is being assembled in Beijing. "No, they have not welcomed us," External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said Friday.