Doval is scheduled to visit China for the meeting on July 27-28. The meeting is hosted by his Chinese counterpart and State Councillor Yang Jiechi.
It is part of a series of meetings of officials from BRICS countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa - ahead of this year's summit of the five-member bloc of emerging countries in Xiamen city in September.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to attend the summit. Ma Jiali, a research fellow at the China Reform Forum think tank, said Doval's visit may be key and would serve as an opportunity to ease India-China tensions.
Both Doval and Yang are also the Special Representatives for India-China boundary talks. The two sides have held 19 rounds of boundary talks to resolve their differences, the PTI said. Chinese officials say Doval and Yang may have informal talks to resolve the standoff in Dokalam in the Sikkim sector.
"China would lodge solemn representation with the Indian side during Doval's visit, hoping it could take measures to ease the tension. India may make some requests as a bargaining chip for its pulling out troops," Ma, who specializes in India-China studies, said.
He, however, cautioned that if the two sides failed to reach an agreement on the issue, the China-India ties would be severely damaged.
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