External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh and his Chinese counterpart Tang Jiaxuan are set to meet in New York next week to discuss ways of enhancing bilateral ties and review the international scenario in the wake of the September 11 terrorist strikes in the United States.

Singh and Tang would meet in New York on November 9 or 10 on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session, diplomatic sources said here on Thursday. Singh and Tang are expected to discuss bilateral issues, regional and international issues of common concern, including the situation in Afghanistan, the sources said.
The two foreign ministers had talked over phone on October 7 and reiterated their resolve to build a stable, healthy, normal and friendly Sino-India relationship.

They had also stressed that India and China are friendly neighbours and that the question of each being a threat to other does not exist.
Singh had postponed his scheduled visit to China last month due to the US-led military strikes in Afghanistan.
The September 11 terrorist strikes and the subsequent US-led military action against Afghanistan has taken a heavy toll on high-level exchanges between India and China with many official visits put off.
While Singh postponed his visit to Beijing, Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has also put off his first visit to India to early next year in view of the changed international situation.
Lok Sabha Speaker G M C Balayogi, who was scheduled to lead a big delegation of MPs to China from October 24 has also postponed the trip.
Foreign ministry-level consultation between India and China scheduled to take place in Delhi in September was put off to December.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi who was tipped to visit China at the invitation of the central committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), also postponed her visit partly due to the death of her party colleague, Madhavrao Scindia and also due to the changed international situation.
A five-day goodwill visit by the Shankaracharya of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam, Sri Jayendra Saraswati, during the second week of October was also put off.
However, a five-member delegation from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led by senior party leader, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, went ahead with their visit to China at the invitation of the international department of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
The visit was part of the efforts to build up confidence between the two ruling parties since normalisation of Sino-India relations in the aftermath of India's nuclear tests in May 1998. Bureau Report