(MENAFN- QNA) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China in May, Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj announced during a three-day visit to Beijing.
"Modi is going to come in May. I will give them dates today. This is a preparatory visit," Swaraj told reporters in Beijing, according to the Press Trust of India news agency.
China is one of India's top trading partners but they vie for regional influence and dispute their border.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to take Modi to his home province of Shaanxi, reports say.
Xi visited India in September. The two sides signed 12 agreements during his visit.
Trade between India and China has risen to almost $70 billion a year, although India's trade deficit with China has climbed to more than $40 billion from $1 billion in 2001-2002.
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