The India-China maritime dialogue would be at the joint secretary-level. Currently, a high level Chinese defence delegation is visiting India

NEW DELHI: India and China are launching key security-related confidence building measures, including bilateral maritime dialogue and visit by Chinese defence minister to stabilise the relationship in the spirit of the Wuhan Summit.

India would discuss with China all aspects of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue. "India’s effort is to work out how it can get coherent in the Indo-Pacific community about the Indo-Pacific as a concept," explained a person familiar with the process. India and Russia would also hold their maritime dialogue in near future.

The first Indo-China maritime dialogue was held in 2016. The MEA statement on that occasion said, "The dialogue covered issues of mutual interest, including, exchange of perspectives on maritime security, developments in international regimes such as UNCLOS and IMO and prospects for maritime cooperation. The next round will be held in Beijing on a mutually convenient date."

The India-China maritime dialogue would be at the joint secretary-level. Currently, a high-level Chinese defence delegation is visiting India.

The eight-member Chinese delegation led by Lieutenant General Liu Xiaowu, the deputy commander of the Western Theater Command-based in Chengdu, Sichuan province in-charge of Tibet and Xinjiang, held talks with Indian military and called on the Defence Secretary.

Chinese defence minister Wei Fenghe is also all set to visit India soon. Meanwhile, on the economic front, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued licenses and given clearances to Bank of China to open a branch in Mumbai.