EAM Jaishankar meets Chinese political leader Li Xi

Team India Sentinels 12.11pm, Thursday, June 6, 2019.

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday met with Chinese Communist Party Politburo Member and Guangdong Party Secretary Li Xi here.

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Both the leaders discussed bilateral ties and on steps to take forward the India-China economic relations, MEA spokesman Raveesh Kumar tweeted.

In last few days, Dr Jaishankar has held talks with a number of important world leaders and foreign ministers of countries like Japan and France over phone when they called him to compliment him over his appointment as foreign minister.

"Had a cordial conversation with the French Foreign Minister J YLe Drian to look forward to and do in our already strong and successful strategic partnership with France," Dr Jaishankar tweeted.

He also had a "warm conversation" with Foreign Minister of Turkey Mevlut Cavusoglu and Japanese foreign minister Taro Kono.

"We agreed to be in regular contact and take the Modi-Abe vision forward," Dr Jaishankar wrote.