Sushma Swaraj is visiting China on the invitation of her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi. She will be accompanied by Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar and other senior ministry officials. This will be Jaishankar’s first foreign trip after he assumed charge as the foreign secretary Thursday.
The external affairs minister will attend the 13th Foreign Ministers’ Meeting of Russia-India-China Trilateral and will meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the meeting. She will also inaugurate the 2nd India-China High-Level Media Forum and attend the launch of Visit India Year. (IANS)