The Minister of External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj is likely to hold a bilateral talk with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi next week. This comes after a major diplomatic victory of India when United Nations Security Council (UNSC) condemned Pulwama Attack in the strongest of the terms brushing aside the Chinese views.
The meeting is expected on the margins of the 16th Russia-India-China (RIC) Foreign Ministerial Meeting whiich is slated for February 27 at Wuzhen in China.
The External Affairs minister will travel to China and will be joined by her Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov along with the host Foreign Minister Wang Yi of China.
The agenda of the meeting expected to be the regional developments of common concern, addressing of the global challenges such as terrorism and discuss trilateral exchanges and activities.
The last RIC Foreign Ministerial Meeting was held in New Delhi two years back in 2017 on December 11.
A bilateral meeting with thr Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is also expected on the margins of RIC.
"These can be seen as diplomatic win," sources said.
Besides, P-5, other nations in 15-member powerful organ of UN include - Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Kuwait, Peru, Poland, South Africa, Indonesia, Dominican Republic, Belgium and Germany.
The US, UK, France, Russia and China are permanent members with veto power.
The UN Security Council statement making strong reference to terrorism and even naming Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad for February 14 dastardly act was 'forcefully and tactfully' delayed by China for few days, sources said.
Pakistan had worked overtime to avoid a strong resolution completely, but finally UNSC statement came and it was largely due to pro-active push by countries like the US and France.