Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visits Afghanistan for the first time in three years to attend trilateral talks with Pakistan and the Taliban, focusing on counterterrorism and extending the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor to Kabul.

China's foreign minister, who is on a South Asian trip, arrived in Afghanistan on Aug 20. Wang Yi visited India earlier this week and is now in Kabul for three-way talks with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

EAM Jaishankar raised concerns on China’s Brahmaputra dam and cross-border terrorism with Chinese FM Wang Yi; calls for transparency, no new commitments made.

PM Modi noted improved India-China relations since his meeting with Xi, anticipating further progress at the SCO Summit. NSA Doval and Foreign Minister Wang Yi discussed border stability and bilateral ties with Wang Yi.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, in New Delhi, India, on Aug. 19, 2025. (Xinhua/Javed Dar)

Wang Yi’s visit is the first by a Chinese minister since PM Narendra Modi met Xi Jinping in Kazan last year and set the stage for the disengagement of troops along the LAC in eastern Ladakh.

Former Minister Wang Yi has concluded talks with Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval for the 24th round of

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday (18 August) said the setbacks in recent years between India and China had not served the interests of the people of either nation, stressing that the present moment offered "an important opportunity of improvement and growth" in ties.