Earlier Today in a day, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met China’s State Councilor Wang Yi and told him that unilateral change of status quo along the LAC was not acceptable to India. Jaishankar had an hour-long meeting with China State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of Dushanbe SCO Foreign Ministers Meeting.
The foreign minister stated in the meet that, “Discussions focused on the outstanding issues along the LAC in the Western Sector. Full restoration and maintenance of peace and tranquility in border areas is essential for development of our ties.”
Besides this, both the leaders gave a detailed information on the views of the current situation along the Line of Actual Control in Eastern Ladakh and also on other issues related to the overall India-China relations.
Earlier in May this year, Jaishankar said that the relationship with China was at a crossroads and which direction both the countries go depends on whether Beijing will adhere to the consensus. “Whether it will follow through on the agreements which we both have made…What is very clear in the last year is that border tensions cannot continue with cooperation in other areas.”
The relationship between New Delhi and Beijing came under severe strain following a deadly clash in the Galwan valley in eastern Ladakh on 15 June 2020.
