Sushma Swaraj leaving for China on a four day visit from today

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj is leaving for China today on a four-day visit. She will participate in a meeting of the foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). She will hold talks with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi tomorrow. 

This will be Ms Swaraj's first meeting with Wang after he was elevated last month to be the state



councillor.

China, on Wednesday, had said that the upcoming visit of the External Affairs Minister will further enhance political trust between the two countries.Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying had said that the visit would also elevate the China-India strategic cooperation partnership.