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Qin's visit to India will be the first by the Chinese Foreign Minister after his predecessor Wang Yi's visit to New Delhi in 2019 to attend the Special Representatives dialogue on the border mechanism.
Relations between India and China have been strained since the eastern Ladakh military standoff between the two countries in May 2020.
At the invitation of his Indian counterpart Minster S Jaishankar, Foreign Minister Qin will attend the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in New Delhi, India, on March 2, the announcement said.
China stands ready to work with all parties to ensure that the G20 Foreign Ministers' meeting will send a positive signal on multilateralism, food and energy security and development cooperation
'Indians would be disappointed, if not devastated, to know that India does not figure prominently on the Chinese radar. It is our own exaggerated sense of self-importance that make Indians think they are giving sleepless nights to the Chinese.'