Chinese FM Wang Yi to visit India for high-level BRICS meet

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is expected to visit India later this month for the 16th BRICS National Security Advisers and High Representatives meeting in New Delhi, a trip that adds a new India-China diplomatic moment ahead of India’s September BRICS summit.

Reporting on Thursday said Beijing confirmed the visit, while a later report said Wang is expected in New Delhi on June 22-23. The meeting is part of BRICS’ security and strategic coordination agenda.

Why the visit matters

Wang’s attendance would mark a more direct Chinese presence at a key BRICS gathering after he did not attend the bloc’s foreign ministers’ meeting in New Delhi in May. At that meeting, China was represented by Ambassador Xu Feihong.

The trip also comes as India prepares to host the BRICS summit in September 2026. India holds the BRICS chairmanship this year, and the New Delhi NSA meeting is one of the bloc’s preparatory engagements before the leaders’ summit.

The timing gives the visit broader diplomatic weight because it places a China-India contact point inside a wider BRICS process that is already under strain from regional tensions and geopolitical divisions.

What is confirmed

• Wang Yi is scheduled to travel to India for the 16th BRICS National Security Advisers and High Representatives meeting.
• One report said Beijing announced the trip on June 18, 2026.
• Another said Wang is expected in New Delhi on June 22-23, 2026.
• The meeting is being treated as a preparatory step ahead of India’s BRICS summit in September.
• Wang reportedly missed the BRICS foreign ministers’ meeting in May because of a scheduling clash with U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing.

What to watch

Questions remain about whether Wang Yi will hold separate bilateral talks with Indian officials while in New Delhi, and whether the meeting will produce any specific deliverables or joint readout.

Any formal statement from China or India naming the agenda and participating officials would further clarify how far the visit goes beyond the BRICS forum itself.