new Delhi. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Friday that during his meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, he told him that the work to withdraw troops along the LAC in eastern Ladakh is “in progress” but at a “slow pace” as expected. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is on a visit to India amid the tension prevailing in eastern Ladakh due to the standoff that has been going on for the last two years. Addressing the media after the meeting with him, Jaishankar said, “My conversation with Foreign Minister Wang Yi has just concluded. We met for almost three hours and addressed a broad and genuine agenda in an open and candid manner We discussed our bilateral relations, which have been disrupted as a result of Chinese actions in April 2020.”
The Indian External Affairs Minister said, “Unless there is a huge deployment, the border situation is not normal. We still have tension areas and progress has been made in resolving some of the tension areas (including Pangong Tso).” Today our discussion was how to take it forward. 15 rounds of talks have been held on this.
He said, “If you ask me if our relationship is normal today, my answer is no, it is not normal. Today our effort is to resolve this issue completely.”
China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) launched an offensive in April 2020 along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh, leading to a border dispute between India and China.
Even after two years, the dispute has not been resolved.
Jaishankar further said that he told Wang that “work is in progress, but apparently it is happening at a slower pace than expected” regarding the current situation.
“This needs to be taken forward as it is necessary to complete the process of withdrawal of troops along the LAC,” Jaishankar said.
Jaishankar also said that he raised the issue of Indian students studying in China who are not allowed to go back and resume their education due to the COVID-19 restrictions.
He said, “I also strongly raised the plight of Indian students studying in China who have not been allowed to return citing COVID restrictions. We hope that China will take a non-discriminatory approach, as it has many young people.” future is involved.”
Ahead of talks with Jaishankar, Wang met National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval at his South Block office and extended an invitation to visit China.
According to sources, while responding to the invitation, Doval said that he can travel after successfully resolving the urgent issues.
Doval also discussed the need to go ahead with the process of withdrawing troops from the forward positions in the remaining areas quickly and fully and stressed on removing the impediments to take the bilateral relationship in its natural course.
He also told Wang that the restoration of peace would help build mutual trust and create a conducive environment for progress in the relationship.
Wang’s visit can be called historic since the start of the border dispute, as it is the first visit by a high-level Chinese official after the start of the dispute.
—AnyTV News
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