India, July 12 -- External affairs minister S Jaishankar will visit Singapore and China during July 13-15 for bilateral meetings and to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) foreign ministers' meeting, the external affairs ministry said on Saturday.

Jaishankar will first travel to Singapore, where he will meet his counterpart Vivian Balakrishnan and the leadership as part of regular exchanges between the two sides, the ministry said.

He will then visit China to participate in the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Tianjin. Jaishankar will also hold bilateral meetings on the sidelines of this meet, the ministry said.

People familiar with the matter said Jaishankar is expected to meet his Chinese counterpart Wang Y...