New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi will visit India next week for talks with National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval under the Special Representatives mechanism for addressing the border issue, the external affairs ministry said on Saturday. Wang, who is also a member of the politburo of the Communist Party of China, is visiting India during August 18-19 at Doval's invitation. He will also meet external affairs minister S Jaishankar, the ministry said in a brief statement. "During his visit, [Wang] will hold the 24th round of the Special Representatives' (SR) talks on the India-China boundary question with India's SR, NSA Shri Doval," the statement said. Wang will visit days before Jaishankar travels to Russia during August 21-23 for talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov and to co-chair a meeting of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation (IRIGC-TEC) with first deputy prime minister Denis Manturov. Both meetings are crucial for India's ties with China and Russia amid strains in the country's relationship with the US. Wang's visit is a follow-up to Doval's trip to Beijing last December and part of preparations for PM Modi's visit to China at the end of this month.htc...