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Following two engagements between External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting in Moscow late on Thursday, both the countries issued a joint statement putting forth a five-point agenda to resolve the festering tension along the Line of Actual Control since May this year. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov hosted a lunch for the two ministers that lasted over 90 minutes on Thursday aft ernoon. This was followed by a longer two-and-a-half-hour one-on-one meeting between the two ministers, who had a 'frank and constructive discussion on the developments in the India-China border areas as well as on India-China relations.' Most agreements were on the lines of those already affirmed at several past diplomatic and military engagements between the two countries but the engagement between the two sides at one of the highest diplomatic levels pointed to an earnest effort to resolve matters on the border. … [Read more...] about India, China draft 5-point plan to ease border tension

In seeking elements to guide the formulation of a fresh policy, it is essential to admit the great overall power differential between India and China. A comparison, in the regional context, admittedly crude though not simplistic, is the following: Pakistan is to India what currently India is to China. The crucial word is currently, for while Pakistan’s resource potential will remain permanently inferior to that of India, that is not true of India vis-à-vis China. India has a lot to catch up but it has the wherewithal to effectively bridge the gap which has grown over the past four decades. This will require a national consensus, but it can and must be done. … [Read more...] about Bridging the power gap with China

The statement further said the Chinese side is willing to “support enhanced dialogue between the frontier troops on both sides to resolve specific issues”, and that it will “stay in touch with the Indian side through diplomatic and military channels and be committed to restoring peace and tranquillity in the border areas”. … [Read more...] about Reached 5-point consensus on border row, says China after Jaishankar-Wang meet

Jaishankar, who was India’s longest serving envoy to Beijing and knows Wang well, made it clear India recognises that a solution to the boundary question requires time and effort, but it was equally clear that the maintenance of peace and tranquillity on the border areas is essential for the development of ties, the people said. … [Read more...] about India, China reach 5-point consensus on easing border tensions at Jaishankar-Wang meet

India and the US in a joint statement after the 17th meeting of the India-US Counter Terrorism Joint Working Group and the third session of the India-US Designations Dialogue held on September 9-10, denounced the use of terrorist proxies and strongly condemned cross-border terrorism in all its forms. … [Read more...] about China says close ally Pak made ‘tremendous’ efforts, ‘sacrifices’ in fighting terrorism