Chinese foreign minister to attend trilateral meeting

Beijing – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will attend the 12th meeting of the foreign ministers of China, Russia and India and also the 11th Asia-Europe meet in India Nov 10-11, the ministry announced Thursday.

Wang was invited by India’s External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, Xinhua quoted foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei as saying.

About the China-Russia-India foreign minister’s meeting, Hong said the ministers would have an in-depth exchange of views on the current international and regional situation and issues of common concern.

China attached great importance to the trilateral meeting, he said and added that the mechanism of the meeting has played a significant role in promoting consensus and cooperation.

As emerging developing countries, China, Russia and India shared similar positions on many international and regional issues, the spokesman said, adding that maintaining regular meetings would further enhance trilateral trust and expand cooperation.

Hong said he believed the upcoming meeting would yield positive results and contribute to regional peace, stability and development.