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After his keep-going gathering with Qin on Walk 2, Jaishankar said reciprocal ties are “strange” and the different sides need to address “genuine issues”. Recently, Jaishankar said that the situation on the LAC was “very fragile” because Indian and Chinese troop deployments are “quite dangerous” in some places.

External Minister S. Jaishankar

India’s external affairs minister, S Jaishankar, reiterated India’s position that the resolution of pending issues on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) is necessary for the normalisation of bilateral ties during a bilateral meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Qin Gang, on Thursday.’

Prior to Friday’s meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) foreign ministers, the two leaders met for more than an hour at a resort in this seaside village. According to people who are familiar with the situation, Jaishankar used the meeting to promote India’s position in favour of an early resolution of the fourth-year military standoff in the Ladakh sector of the LAC.

Jaishankar tweeted a brief summary of the discussions, but neither Indian nor Chinese officials provided an official report of the meeting. Jaishankar and Qin last met when the Chinese minister went to India in March to attend a meeting of the G20 foreign ministers. This was their second meeting this year.

“A definite conversation with the State Councillor and FM Qin Posse of China on our two-sided relationship Jaishankar wrote on Twitter, “The focus remains on resolving outstanding issues and ensuring peace and tranquilly in the border areas.” Additionally, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) were discussed, as well as the G20.
China’s persistent attempts to portray a narrative that the situation in the Ladakh sector is stable and moving toward “normalized management” have recently been rejected by the Indian side. According to one of the aforementioned individuals, India’s position at the meeting on Thursday was largely in line with this.

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After his keep-going gathering with Qin on Walk 2, Jaishankar said reciprocal ties are “strange” and the different sides need to address “genuine issues”. Jaishankar recently said that the situation on the LAC is “very fragile” because Indian and Chinese troop deployments are “quite dangerous” in some places.