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PM Modi to visit China before May 26

by IBNS 01 Feb 2015, 11:46 pm

New Delhi, Feb 2 (IBNS): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Sunday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on an outcome-driven maiden visit to China before May 26 this year, media reports said.

She said the PM would undertake the official visit before the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government completes one year in office.

Swaraj held talks with her Chinese counterpart on key topics emphasising on the issue of peace at the border that is a pre-requisite for the development of ties.

She said PM Modi and President Xi Jinping were leaders with strong “willpower” as they both think out of the box and could find a solution to the dispute during the “outcome-driven visit”.

Both sides agreed that the resolution of the border dispute should not be left to future generations.

Earlier while addressing an India-China Media Forum at the start of her maiden visit here, Swaraj said that India is committed to an “early settlement” of the issue.