India-China financial dialogue deferred till next month.

June 23, 2016 12:01

The India-China Financial Dialogue due to be held in Beijing between Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and his Chinese counterpart Lou Jiwei next week was cancelled today.

Jaitley is due to arrive in Beijing today on a five-day visit to take part in a host of events including the planned eighth financial dialogue.

Officials explained that the meet was cancelled as Department of Economic Affairs Shaktikanta Das could not attend the meeting. Till now the two countries held seven rounds of financial dialogues but all of them were headed by Finance Secretaries of both sides.

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