India and China on Thursday agreed on a five-point plan to defuse tensions between the countries and said the current situation in the bor...
India and China on Thursday agreed on a five-point plan to defuse tensions between the countries and said the current situation in the border areas of Ladakh is not in the interest of either side. They agreed, therefore, that the border troops of both sides should “continue their dialogue, quickly disengage, maintain proper distance and ease tensions”.
The two countries agreed to the plan during talks between External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Moscow on Thursday. Jaishankar and Wang are in Moscow to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting. They met at a Russia-India-China lunch earlier in the day.
This was 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.
A joint press statement released by the Ministry of External Affairs on Friday said both sides reached the five-point consensus after a “frank and constructive” discussions by the two ministers. “The two ministers agreed that both sides should take guidance from the series of consensus of the leaders on developing India-China relations, including not allowing differences to become disputes,” the statement said, referring to the two informal summits held between Prime...
