Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale held talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing and discussed a range of issues. The visit was announced today by the Indian Embassy in Beijing through a tweet. It said Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale is visiting China to discuss the bilateral agenda, exchange plans and visits for 2018. He met with Foreign Minister Wang Yi yesterday.<br />''<br />''According to the press release, Gokhale said India attached great importance to its relations with China and was willing to work with it to implement the consensus of leaders, strengthen strategic communications, take care of each other's core concerns and create a good atmosphere for the sustained and steady development of bilateral relations.<br />''<br />''The visit of Gokhale, who reportedly held the key negotiations to resolve the 73-day standoff at Dokalam, came in the backdrop of difficult bilateral and trilateral issues being dealt with by the two countries.<br />''<br />''Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit China in June this year to take part in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit to be held at Qingdao city.<br />''<br />''The Chinese Foreign Ministry also issued a statement late last night on the talks. It said that the two sides should enhance strategic mutual trust and accelerate common development in line with the political consensus of the leaders of the two countries. According to the statement, Wang said, China and India are both representatives of emerging markets and big developing countries''<p></p>''<div><br />''</div>