President Pranab Mukherjee will travel to China next month setting off a series of high-level bilateral visits as the two countries seek to deepen their engagements despite irritants in ties over issues like Beijing blocking India’s bid to get a UN ban on JeM head Masood Azhar.
Mukherjee’s visit was announced by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval when he called on Chinese Premier li Keqiang here on Thursday.
Dates for the visit, expected to take place next month, would be announced simultaneously by both the countries later, officials said. Mukherjee was expected to visit Beijing and Chinese industrial city of Guangzhou which has stronger trade links with India.