The India-China rapprochement post-Dokalam is set to pick up pace as External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj is due to visit here this weekend to take part in the foreign ministers' meeting of the SCO and hold talks with her Chinese counterpart on its sidelines.

Swaraj, who will arrive here on April 21 for a four-day visit, will hold talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on April 22 to take forward attempts by both countries to reset ties strained by last year's 73-day Dokalam military standoff as well as a host of other issues.

The issues of discord include the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) being built through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, China blocking India's entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) as well as its opposition to efforts to list Jaish-e-Muhammad chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist by the UN.

Courtesy: The Pioneer, Wednesday, 18 April 2018 | PTI | Beijing