West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee cancelled her China visit today as "political meetings at the appropriate level" were not confirmed by the Chinese government, state Finance Minister Amit Mitra said.
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief was slated to leave for China tonight.
She was scheduled to lead a delegation to China under the exchange programme of the Government of India with the International Department of the Communist Party of China.
Mitra said External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who is presently out of the country, and Foreign Secretary V K Gokhale were informed about the cancellation of Banerjee's visit to China.
In a Facebook post, the chief minister said, "In March this year, the Union Minister of External Affairs had recommended to me to kindly consider leading a delegation to China in the coming months under the Exchange Programme of the Government of India with the International Department of the Communist Party of China."
Stating that she had agreed to the proposal, Banerjee said, "I mentioned to her that since the interest of my country is involved, I wish to visit China sometime during last week of June, 2018."
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