India’s NSG Membership, Masood Azhar on Pranab’s China Agenda

Mukherjee, who making his first visit to China as President, will be in Beijing on Thursday.

President Pranab Mukherjee. (Photo: Reuters)

• President Pranab Mukherjee arrived in China on Tuesday on a four-day visit to the country that will see a significant political and economic boost to bilateral ties. However, ‘irritants’ like China’s opposition to India’s NSG membership and the blocking of UN bid to blacklist JeM chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist will also figure.
  
• Mukherjee, who making his first visit to China as President, is in Guangzhou at the moment and will be in Beijing on Thursday.
  
• Ahead of his state visit to China, Mukherjee had told the Chinese state-run television that India seeks a fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable settlement of the boundary question, which will help in achieving the full potential of the Sino-India relationship.

(With inputs from PTI)