Arun Jaitley's meet is on in China: Centre

New Delhi: Denying media reports, the Central government stated on Thursday that Union finance minister Arun Jaitley’s meeting with his Chinese counterpart Mr Lou Jiwei stands as per schedule on June 27.

“Only the economic affairs secretary-level ‘Indo-China Financial Dialogue’ has been postponed as he has deferred his visit to China to deal with Brexit-related issues back home,” said the statement. Economic affairs secretary Shaktikanta Das was asked to stay back in Delhi in view of the voting on Brexit, which took place on Thursday, to decide whether Britain should stay in the European Union or exit, which will have implications for India.

Fresh dates in July for the financial dialogue at the secretaries’ level are being worked out. The two countries have so far had seven rounds of financial dialogue at the finance secretary-level.