Chinese envoy Sun Weidong said on Monday that the five-point roadmap agreed by India and China to address tensions at the disputed border provides “political impetus” to efforts to ease the situation, even as he blamed New Delhi for crossing the Line of Royal Control. (LAC) and altering the status …
Read More »Differences between India and China persist despite five-point consensus to ease tensions
Sharp divergences between India and China remained at stalemate along the Royal Line of Control (LAC) even after the two sides framed a five-point roadmap to ease tensions on the disputed border and accelerate the withdrawal of troops. The two sides reached an agreement on the five points during talks …
Read More »Joint India-China Statement Emphasizes Need to Build More Trust
The joint statement issued after the foreign ministers of India and China met in Moscow proposes a new set of confidence-building measures (CBMs) to maintain peace along the disputed border, an indication of that existing bilateral agreements have failed to fill the trust gaps between the United States. troops from …
Read More »Indian, Chinese ministers meet for key talks in Moscow amid border tension
Foreign Minister S Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi met for crucial talks in Moscow on Thursday night in hopes of making a breakthrough in the face of a surge in tension along the Line. Royal Control (ALC) after both countries gathered more troops in the Ladakh sector. The …
Read More »Jaishankar Prepares to Stop in Iran En route to Russia for SCO Foreign Ministers Meeting
Foreign Minister S Jaishankar will stop in Tehran to meet his Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif on Tuesday afternoon on his way to Russia for a meeting of the foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization ( OCS), people familiar with the events said Monday. Jaishankar will be the second high-ranking …
Read More »‘The state of the border cannot be separated from the state of relations with China’: Jaishankar
Days before an expected meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday that the clash on the Royal Line of Control (LAC) cannot be disassociated from the overall bilateral relationship. Jaishankar, who will meet with Wang on the sidelines of a meeting of foreign …
Read More »Rajnath Singh, China’s Defense Minister speaks, Foreign Secretary says the situation is unprecedented since 1962
Written by Shubhajit Roy, Krishn Kaushik | New Delhi | Updated: September 5, 2020 7:32:40 am Defense Minister Rajnath Singh meets with his Chinese counterpart, Wei Fenghe, in Moscow on Friday. (Source: Photo Express) Hours after Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla described the situation along the Royal Line of Control …
Read More »Crisis across LAC without precedent, cannot continue as usual with China: Foreign Secretary Shringla
The situation along the Royal Line of Control (LAC) “is unprecedented” and “cannot continue to function as usual” in the relationship with China until the status quo is restored on the disputed border, it said on Friday. the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Harsh Shringla. The confrontation in LAC is one …
Read More »Peace demands trust, says Rajnath Singh in the presence of the Chinese defense minister at the SCO meeting
Rajnath Singh was in Moscow to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting New Delhi: Trust, non-aggression, respect for international rules and the peaceful resolution of differences are key to maintaining peace and security in the region whose nations are members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the Defense Minister said …
Read More »‘Committed to inclusive global security’: Rajnath Singh reaffirms India’s position at SCO meeting
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh spoke at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) ministerial meeting in Moscow on Friday. “India values the works of the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorism Structure,” he said, adding that the adoption of the SCO’s anti-terrorism mechanism to counter extremist propaganda and de-radicalization was an important decision. “We need …
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