India’s Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar is expected to hold talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Moscow on Thursday, am...
India’s Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar is expected to hold talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Moscow on Thursday, amid heightened military tensions between the countries along the Line of Actual Control, The Indian Express reported. This is the first face-to-face meeting between the Indian and Chinese foreign ministers since the build-up of border tensions in Ladakh began in May.
The talks between the leaders will be held on the sidelines of a meeting of council of foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said that Jaishankar and Wang will have a luncheon meeting, hosted by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Last week, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh had met his Chinese counterpart on the sidelines of another SCO meeting in Moscow. While that meeting ended with both sides stressing the need to peacefully “de-escalate” the situation, tensions flared once again after shots were fired at the Line of Actual Control on September 7. This was the first confirmed 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.
On Monday, Jaishankar had said the situation along the Line of Actual Control was “very serious” and called...
