By Rajeev Sharma
India and China are working to forge stronger economic ties, but political-strategic issues remain. It’s against this backdrop that Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi will be arriving in New Delhi on Wednesday on a two-day official visit. Yang’s trip will provide a good opportunity for both sides to try to iron out their differences at a time when the global economic outlook is cloudy, international oil prices are rising, and the Iran crisis is worsening.
The External Affairs Ministry announced Tuesday that Yang’s India visit is part of the mutually agreed mechanism of annual exchanges at the level of foreign minister. Yang will hold formal talks with Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna on a wide range of bilateral, regional and global issues. Both ministers will also hold discussions on the forthcoming BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) summit to be held in New Delhi on March 28 to 29. Yang would also be calling on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
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