Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will attend a meeting of national security advisers of BRICS member states in India next week, in his first visit to the country in nearly a year against the backdrop of efforts by both sides to normalize their relations.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian announced in Beijing on Thursday that Wang, who also serves as National Security Advisor (NSA) in his capacity as Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, will visit India from June 22-23 to attend the BRICS meeting at the invitation of NSA Ajit Doval.
Wang had missed the BRICS foreign ministers’ meeting hosted by India, the group’s current president, last month, as its timing conflicted with US President Donald Trump’s trip to Beijing from May 13 to 15. He last visited India in August 2025, when he met Doval and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar.
Lin said at a press conference in Beijing that during the BRICS negative security assurances meeting, the Chinese side will exchange views with other members of the bloc on the international security situation, major international and regional issues, and joint response to traditional and non-traditional security challenges.
The meeting also comes within the framework of preparations for the BRICS summit, which India will host in September. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to be among the BRICS leaders who will attend the summit.
Lin stressed the role of BRICS in a “changing and volatile world with various types of security challenges on the rise,” and said the bloc stands at the “vanguard of the Global South” and is committed to protecting global peace, practicing multilateralism and “enabling more just and equitable global governance.” He added that China wants to strengthen coordination with the BRICS countries to enhance political and security cooperation.
Wang is also expected to hold bilateral meetings with Duval and other BRICS leaders on the sidelines of next week’s meeting, people familiar with the matter said. However, talks between Wang and Doval are not expected to take place under the special representatives mechanism, as the next meeting in this format is scheduled to be held in China, the sources said.
Since India and China reached an understanding in October 2024 on ending the military standoff on the Line of Actual Control that has lasted for more than four years and brought relations to their lowest level in six decades, the two sides have taken a number of steps to normalize their relations and address their border dispute.
Doval traveled to China in December 2024 to attend a special representatives meeting, which was followed by Wang’s trip to India in August 2025 to hold another meeting under the same mechanism. These meetings focused largely on disputed parts of the border, as well as other confidence-building measures.
The two sides have resumed direct flights and restored the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra to Tibet, and India has also relaxed visa regulations for Chinese citizens. China has also eased some restrictions on the export of heavy machinery, rare earth magnets and fertilizers.
