Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday (18 August) said the setbacks in recent years between India and China had not served the interests of the people of either nation, stressing that the present moment offered "an important opportunity of improvement and growth" in ties.

Pakistan and China share a longstanding strategic partnership that spans several sectors, including trade, energy, defense, and infrastructure. The fifth round of the Strategic Dialogue was co-chaired by Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and Wang in Beijing in May 2024.

PM Modi noted improved India-China relations since his meeting with Xi, anticipating further progress at the SCO Summit. NSA Doval and Foreign Minister Wang Yi discussed border stability and bilateral ties with Wang Yi.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met NSA Doval at the Hyderabad House in the national capital on Tuesday. Wang Yi arrived in India on Monday for a two-day visit and held talks with External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar.

“On the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar … Mr Wang Yi is visiting Islamabad for co-chairing the sixth Pakistan-China Foreign Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue on August 21, 2025,” FO’s statement issued here on Tuesday said.

Wang Yi’s visit is the first by a Chinese minister since PM Narendra Modi met Xi Jinping in Kazan last year and set the stage for the disengagement of troops along the LAC in eastern Ladakh.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held wide-ranging talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Monday after he landed in Delhi on a two-day visit