Wang Yi, 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, talks with India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, in New Delhi, India, June 22, 2026.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi reaffirmed that China and India should be partners rather than competitors during a meeting with India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval in New Delhi.
Wang, 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, met with Doval on Monday while attending the 16th Meeting of BRICS National Security Advisors and High Representatives on National Security.
Wang noted that the leaders of the two countries agreed that China and India are partners instead of rivals, thus forming the most important strategic consensus between the two sides, providing an important impetus and strategic guarantee for the healthy and stable development of China-India relations.
Wang said that as the two economies with the largest populations, China and India should advance cooperation from a global perspective.
He highlighted the broader rise of the Global South, saying BRICS should play a stronger role in promoting multipolarity, safeguarding the interests of developing countries, and advancing a more just and reasonable global order.
