Modi announces his visit to China from May 14 to 16 on Weibo

May 05, 2015 11:30

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today officially announced his visit to China from May 14 to 16 on the microblogging website Weibo, saying he is looking forward to have productive discussions with top Chinese leadership.

"Looking forward to visiting China from 14-16 May to strengthen friendship between our two ancient civilisations and the two largest developing countries," Modi wrote on the Chinese equivalent of Twitter that has over 500 million users.

"Eagerly awaiting my visit to Xi'an, Beijing and Shanghai and my productive discussions with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang," he said in another post. This is the first time his visit has been officially announced.

Read: 5 things Modi should understand about China

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