Beijing: Amid the standoff at Doklam in Sikkim sector, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval will call on Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday.
He will meet Xi along with fellow top security officials of the BRICS countries.
Chinese and Indian troops have been locked in a face-off in the trijunction area for more than a month since Indian troops stopped the Chinese Army from building a road in the area.
China claimed it was constructing the road within its territory. India protested the construction, fearing it would allow China to cut India's access to its northeastern states.
As per PTI, officials here confirmed that Doval who will be taking part in the Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa (BRICS) NSAs meeting in Beijing will be meeting President Xi.
The group of NSAs would call on the Chinese President for an interaction on security issues relating to BRICS countries.
China currently holds the Presidency of the BRICS and is due to hold 2017 summit of the five-member group in September at Xiamen city.
Ahead of his meeting with Xi, Doval is expected to hold separate talks with China's State Councilor Yang Jiechi to discuss resolution of the standoff at Doklam.
Both Doval and Yang are Special Representatives of the India-China border mechanism.
Though the BRICS NSAs meeting is scheduled for two days, it was open for the media only on July 28, the last day when the top security officials of the five countries will formally meeting to discuss on global governance, counter-terrorism, cyber security and energy security, international and regional hotspots, and national security and development.
Besides Doval and Yang, Minister of State Security David Mahlobo of South Africa, Minister Sergio Etchegoyen of the Office of Institutional Security of the Presidency of Brazil, Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev of the Russian Federation would also attend the NSAs meeting.
Withdrawal of Indian troops precondition for dialogue: China on Dokalam
Meanwhile, China reiterated that no meaningful dialogue could be held with India until it 'unconditionally' withdraws troops from the Doklam area.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who is the first top Chinese leader to have commented so far on the Dokalam impasse, yesterday had claimed that India had 'admitted' to entering Chinese territory.
He said that India should 'conscientiously withdraw' its troops from the area.
"The remarks of Foreign Minister Wang Yi are authoritative and has made our position clear. I don't have anything to explain," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang told a media briefing.
"I have stressed many times that the crux of this incident is that the Indian border troops illegally trespassed into China?s territory and the solution as Wang put it is for Indian border troops to pull-out unconditionally. This is a precondition basis for any meaningful talks between the two countries," he added.
(With Agency inputs)
