Already, Beijing is exercised over the steady infiltration of militants from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Afghanistan into its troubled Xinjiang province. China has held several rounds of talks with India, Pakistan and Russia in the recent past over the future of Afghanistan.
Singh also dismissed the significance of Ghani choosing to visit China first saying that it will not have any impact on India's policy on Afghanistan.
“It does not affect India's policy towards Afghanistan. Let us not read too much into it. We do not read too much into it,” he said.
Indian officials said Ghani's visit was timed with today's meeting on Afghanistan which was postponed due to delayed election results in that country. Besides Afghanistan, Wang and Singh discussed follow up action to be taken on various initiatives announced during Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to India. Wang also inquired when Prime Minister Narendra Modi would visit China, Singh said.
About the US troop withdrawal, Singh said at the moment US is maintaining certain amount of troops.
“It is not a complete withdrawal. Whatever structures will come up in future, it will come up with consensus between all parties involved,” Singh said.
“We have shared views on international terrorism. We have mentioned in numerous fora. International terrorism and its linkages need to be taken care of. We are happy that China shares this view,” he said adding that China does not want Afghanistan to become an epicentre of terror again.
