Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to microblogging website Weibo to officially announce his visit to China from May 14 to 16. Modi said he is looking forward to productive discussions with the top Chinese leadership.
The China visit will be followed up by a visit to Mongolia and then later, a two-day visit to South Korea.
Modi yesterday made his debut on Sina Weibo, the popular Chinese micro-blog akin to Twitter and Facebook, ahead of his visit, saying “Hello China! Looking forward to interacting with Chinese friends through Weibo.”
Looking forward to visiting China from 14-16 May to strengthen friendship between our two ancient civilisations and the two largest developing countries.
–Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
His posts drew a wide response with over 25,000 people commenting on them.
I am confident my visit will lay the foundation for further enhancing economic co-operation with China in a wide range of sectors. I also look forward to meeting the captains of industry in Shanghai and sharing with them the wonderful opportunities India has to offer.
–Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
According to official estimates about 45,000 Indians, mostly professionals, businessmen and students currently stay in China.
According to CNN-IBN on May 17, after China, the prime minister will fly for Mongolia. This will be the first ever visit by an Indian prime minister to Mongolia.
Modi will visit to Republic of Korea on May 18-19 where he will hold bilateral discussions with President Park Geun-hye and meet with important business leaders in Seoul, an official statement said on Tuesday.
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