Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Lands In Delhi For 2 Day Visit Amid Tibetan Youth Congress Protest - VIDEO

New Delhi: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in India on Monday for a two-day visit, from 18 to 19 August, at the invitation of National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval. External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar will hold a bilateral meeting with Wang Yi during the visit. Wang Yi is likely to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and update him on the SCO summit agenda and the latest developments in China-India ties on Tuesday.

Wang Yi will also take part in the 24th round of the Special Representatives' (SR) Talks on the India–China border question with NSA Ajit Doval.

Gourangalal Das, Joint Secretary (East Asia) in the Ministry of External Affairs, welcomed the senior Chinese diplomat at the airport in the national capital.

#WATCH | Delhi: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrives in India on a visit on 18-19 August 2025, at the invitation of NSA Ajit Doval.

EAM Dr S Jaishankar will hold a bilateral meeting with Wang Yi. During his visit, Wang Yi will hold the 24th round of the Special… pic.twitter.com/ol0Gwg74J8

— ANI (@ANI) August 18, 2025

Meanwhile, members of the Tibetan Youth Congress held a demonstration at Shanti Path in protest against Wang Yi's visit to India. The protestors were detained by the police.

Visuals from the scene show protestors being detained, with some women protestors being dragged along the road by police personnel. The demonstrators can be heard shouting slogans such as “Free Tibet” while carrying Tibetan flags and banners reading “Revoke One China Policy”. The Tibetan Youth Congress is one of the largest and oldest Tibetan non-governmental organisation that advocates the independence of Tibet from China.

#WATCH | Delhi | Members of the Tibetan Youth Congress hold a protest against the visit of China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi to India, at Shanti Path in Delhi. The protestors are detained by Police. pic.twitter.com/0bjPpVBGpH

— ANI (@ANI) August 18, 2025

Wang Yi's visit comes ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in China.

Wang and Doval are the special representatives of the two Asian countries who lead talks related to the question of the border. Doval and Wang Yi had last met in June at the SCO National Security Advisers' meeting in China.

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