.
India: India, China discuss steps to end border impasse early
- font size decrease font size
increase font size
NEW DELHI, 26 March 2022, (TON): An Indian official said “Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with his Indian counterpart and the national security adviser to expedite the disengagement of thousands of Indian and Chinese forces involved in a tense faceoff and occasional clashes along their disputed border.”
A fierce brawl in June 2020 exploded into hand-to-hand combat with clubs, stones and fists that left 20 Indian soldiers dead. China said “it lost four soldiers in the clash.”
India's External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar told reporters “I would describe the current situation as a work in progress obviously at a slower pace than desirable.”
He was referring to 15 rounds of talks between military commanders as well as diplomatic contacts between the countries to end the impasse.
He said “Friday's talks with Wang focused on expediting the disengagement of troops in friction areas and the possibility of de-escalating the situation.”
Leave a comment
Make sure you enter all the required information, indicated by an asterisk (*). HTML code is not allowed.
