The meeting between National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during the recent BRICS National Security Advisers’ gathering offered another reminder that despite decades of dialogue, the India-China boundary dispute remains unresolved.
China on Thursday hit out at a Pentagon report saying ''it sows discord between China and other countries, including India'' adding that Beijing handles its relations with New Delhi from a long-term perspective.
The Siliguri Corridor, which runs through West Bengal and borders Bangladesh, Nepal, China’s Chumbi Valley in Tibet, and the Kingdom of Bhutan, is just 17 kilometres wide at its narrowest point.
India and China held the 23rd round of Corps Commander-level talks at the Chushul–Moldo border meeting point on October 25, with both sides describing the discussions as cordial and focused on maintaining stability along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is scheduled to arrive in China’s Beijing on Sunday evening, his first trip to the neighbouring country in five years.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday that the Union government would continue the process of the restoration of peace along the LAC on the basis of consensus achieved with China.
The US State Department has welcomed the 'reduction in tensions' along the India-China border following the recent disengagement of troops of the two countries, along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
A day before Prime Minister Modi departed for the BRICS+ summit in Kazan, India’s foreign secretary, Vikram Misri, mentioned that “(an) agreement has been arrived at on patrolling arrangements along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).”
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday said that this breakthrough with the neighbouring country happened because the military was there in "very, very unimaginable conditions to defend the country."
The agreement between India and China to disengage forces along specific sections of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh does not include the de-induction of troops from the contentious areas of Depsang and Demchok, according to military sources.
