In an hour-long in-person meeting between Jaishankar and Wang, India and China discussed the border standoff and agreed on convening early meeting of senior military commanders.
Wang Yi is expected to exchange views on the major international & regional issues with other leaders, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan has severely impacted the Afghan peace process & negatively affected regional stability.
In a letter to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Wang Yi said that China ‘shares empathy for the challenges facing India and expresses sincere sympathy’.
Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are invited to the virtual meet hosted by China, while India, Maldives and Bhutan are conspicuously absent from the event.
The relations between the US and China are at an all-time low, with both countries engaged in confrontation over trade, Covid's origins, the South China Sea, and many other issues.
The Chinese foreign minister said that the border dispute wasn't the 'whole story' of the China-India relationship, and that both countries were friends but they should shed suspicion.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi says China believes in peaceful coexistence on issues of territorial integrity, and Beijing's diplomacy is aimed at creating a win-win situation for all.
At the WMCC meeting Wednesday, India and China reviewed the situation along LAC and had ‘frank and detailed discussions’ on developments since the last meeting on 20 August.
While the Narendra Modi govt has shown its willingness to negotiate, will its domestic compulsions allow it to progress with talks towards logical conclusion?
In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.
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