NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be meeting China president Xi Jinping in November in Argentina, Chinese ambassador Luo Zhaohui announced on Monday. He was speaking at the inauguration of the first Joint India-China Training Programme for Afghan Diplomats.
Prime Minister Modi and President Xi will meet on the sidelines of the G20 summit in November, the Chinese envoy said. Modi and Xi have met twice after their informal summit in Wuhan this year -- at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in June in Qingdao, China, and at the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, in July.
— Luo Zhaohui (@China_Amb_India) October 15, 2018
The ambassador said that China's state counselor and Foreign Minister will visit India in December to launch the first India-China high-level people to people exchanges mechanism.
He added that the event was just the first step in Sino-India cooperation on Afghanistan and collaboration will deepen in future.
The first India-China Joint Training Programme for Afghan diplomats began Monday and will continue till October 26, according to the Ministry of External Affairs. The joint training programme is being held after an understanding for such a cooperation was reached during the informal summit between Modi and Xi in Wuhan city.
