Chinese Foreign Minister to visit India next month

The event in which leaders of China, India and Myanmar are expected to participate is slated to be held in China on June 28.

Also, Chinese President Xi Jinping, who took over last year, had expressed interest to visit India after the swearing-in of the new government.

Last year, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang made New Delhi his first stop abroad after he took over the high office to convey the importance China's leadership attached to improving relations with India. Modi's first trip abroad will be keenly watched here.

On Monday, Li congratulated Modi after he was sworn-in.

China views India as a “natural cooperative partner” and it is ready to work with the new Narendra Modi-led government to take their strategic cooperative partnership to a “new level”, Li said.