The first deaths of soldiers on the disputed India-China border in more than four decades. The first acknowledged death of a Tibetan in the...
The first deaths of soldiers on the disputed India-China border in more than four decades. The first acknowledged death of a Tibetan in the Special Frontier Force on the Line of Actual Control, the disputed border, ever. And, as of this week, the first instance of firearms being used by troops along the LAC since 1975.
Months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi insisted to the Indian public that there had been no border intrusion, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will sit down with his Chinese counterpart in Moscow to discuss these developments, which many now fear could result in a war between the two nuclear-armed nations.
“This is one area my crystal ball is a little clouded,” Jaishankar said when asked about the India-China relationship, a day before he flew to Russia to take part in a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit.
Jaishankar’s meeting with Chinese Foreign Minsiter Wang Yi on Thursday comes less than a week after Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met his Chinese counterpart, also in Moscow. More significantly, it comes after confirmation of the first use of firearms on the Line of Actual Control by troops in more than four decades, with both New Delhi and Beijing accusing each others’ soldiers of firing in the air.
