On April 24, Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj attended the foreign ministers meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in China. She held discussions with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.
After her China visit, she went to Mongolia where she was received by the Deputy Foreign Minister of Mongolia, B Battsetseg. This is the first visit of an Indian External Affairs Minister to Mongolia in the past 42 years. She co-chaired the 6th round of the India-Mongolia Joint Consultative Committee meeting with D Tsogtbaatar, Foreign Minister of Mongolia. She will be holding bilateral talks with him to further strengthen the ties between the two countries.