India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval is in China and held talks with top Chinese diplomat and Politburo member Yang Jiechi in Shanghai.

This is their first meeting after Yang was promoted as Director of the Communist Party's new Central Foreign Affairs Commission, which was set up in March. Yang, earlier Doval's counterpart as the State Councillor, has relinquished that post to Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

Doval's meeting with the top Chinese foreign policy decision maker comes ahead of several key dialogues between the two neighbours, who have been looking to set ties on track after last year's border standoff at Doklam.

The India China Strategic Economic Dialogue will be held in Beijing on Saturday, with Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman of the Niti Aayog, travelling to China.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will both be in Beijing on April 24 for consultations under the Shanghai Cooperation Organization security grouping's framework, with Prime Minister Modi set to attend the June summit of the SCO in Qingdao, China.

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