He will also meet Minister of External Affiars Sushma Swaraj in New Delhi besides Kenyan foreign minister Amina Mohamed.
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However, Wang’s main goal of visit is to build confidence after differences emerged between Delhi and Beijing on India’s NSG membership.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has held telephone talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi about President Barack Obama’s upcoming trip to China and a range of other issues.
When asked whether India will raise the recent incident of transgression in Uttarakhand at the meeting, Mr Swarup said all worldwide, regional and bilateral issues of mutual interest will be discussed. According to sources, the Indian side is likely to raise the issue of China scuttling India’s NSG membership bid.
The visit is “part of the regular high level dialogue”, he added.
Wang is embarking on a three-nation tour that includes Kenya and Uganda from August 9, the China’s state media quoted that the foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying as saying. Besides, both sides will also be discussing matters related to the G20 Summit which is being hosted by China this year for which Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting China. They included China’s refusal to back India’s case for membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group, and recent reports of incursions by Chinese troops in the Ladakh border area.
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Mr Wang visited India in June 2014 and was among the first foreign ministers to be received by the external affairs minister.
