Modi to visit China in May

NEW DELHI, Feb 1 (AFP): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China in May, the foreign minister said Sunday during her own three-day visit to Beijing.

"Mr. Modi is going to come in May. I will give them dates today. This is a preparatory visit," Sushma Swaraj told Indian reporters in Beijing, according to the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency.

Swaraj is holding three-way talks with her Chinese and Russian counterparts during the trip, her first official visit since she took office last year.

US president Barack Obama last week paid a high-profile visit to India aimed at bolstering ties between the two countries, which share an interest in curbing China's growing regional influence.