China, Russia, India FMs to meet in Beijing on Monday

The three Foreign Minister’s will also discuss India’s bid to join the Russia-China-led security bloc, SCO [Xinhua]

January 29, 2015, 6:23 am

Chinese officials are preparing for the upcoming RIC (Russia, India, China) Foreign Ministers meet, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said. The meet comes close on the heels of a much-hyped Obama visit to India. Chinese state media has cautioned India about US President Barack Obama’s strategy to “split” India’s relations with both China and Russia.

“Obama’s strategy is quite clear. He wants to split the relations between China and India, as well as India and Russia, in an effort to fulfil his strategy of a ‘re-balance’ in Asia,” state-run Global Times said on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said the RIC meeting will be held in Beijing on 2nd February.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will attend the 13th Foreign Ministers meet at the invitation of their Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.

The mechanism has become an important platform for the three countries to coordinate their positions and seek consensus and cooperation.

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