The meeting in the capital of Tatarstan marked the first formal interaction between the two leaders in five years and follows the two countries reaching an agreement on resuming regular patrolling along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh.
PM Modi and Xi will meet on the sidelines of the summit meeting of BRICS, the foreign secretary said, which is taking place in the Russian city of Kazan. This will be the first meeting since 2020 when ties nosedived after their forces clashed on their disputed frontier.
"We're working to rebuild trust. How will that happen? Trust will be restored when we can meet face-to-face and persuade one another. We also need to reassure each other that we're respecting the boundaries that have been established," General Dwivedi stated.
The statement from the Chinese side came after the foreign secretary Vikram Misri said the Indian and Chinese negotiators were in touch over the last few weeks to resolve the remaining issues.
Both PM Modi and Chinese President Xi are attending the BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, which begins Tuesday. India has also not announced whether the two nuclear nations leaders will meet on the sidelines of the summit.
The statement from Jaishankar came after the foreign secretary said the Indian and Chinese negotiators were in touch over the last few weeks to resolve the remaining issues.
The foreign secretary stated that Indian and Chinese negotiators have been in touch in recent weeks to address the outstanding border issues. The agreement is said to involve patrolling arrangements in the Depsang and Demchok regions.
PM Modi and Xi Jinping have not had any formal bilateral meeting ever since the aggressive moves by the Chinese PLA to unilaterally change the status quo along the LAC in eastern Ladakh and the counter-deployment by the Indian Army in April-May 2020 started the military stand-off.
Air Chief Marshal AP Singh asserted the importance of self-reliance and initiatives like 'Make in India' to improve India's defence systems. He also cited the Balakot airstrikes conducted by India in 2019 as proof of India's robust defence.
The situation with China at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) is stable but sensitive and expressed hope that issues would be resolved in the near future, said the Indian Army chief Dwivedi.
Although the Chinese military didn’t comment on the progress of the disengagement from the remaining areas including Depsang and Demchok but said both sides will continue to consolidate the outcomes.
NIMAS, situated in Dirang, Arunachal Pradesh, operates under the Ministry of Defence. The decision to name the peak after the 6th Dalai Lama honours his enduring wisdom and significant contributions to the Monpa community and beyond, as stated in a press release from the Defence Ministry.
The external affairs minister said negotiations between the two sides to find a solution to the problem are underway. "Now those negotiations are going on. We made some progress. I would say roughly you can say about 75 per cent of the disengagement problems are sorted out," he said.
India and China discussed early resumption of direct passenger flights between their two countries, Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu said, in an indication that their air travel could recover after four years.
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju emphasizes that overlapping patrols in undemarcated areas do not equate to territorial encroachment and reaffirms India's commitment to border security.
The discussions took place in Delhi within the framework of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs (WMCC). According to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), both parties assessed the present situation along the LAC.
Earlier in July, Chief Economic Adviser V. Anantha Nageswaran said New Delhi should focus on Foreign Direct Investments from China to boost its exports and help keep India's growing trade deficit with Beijing in check.
S Jaishankar dismissed the possibility of involving a third party in India's border dispute with China. He stated that the issue is between the two neighbouring countries and that it is up to them to resolve it.
S Jaishankar underscored the importance of upholding "complete respect" for the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and previous agreements to "stabilise" and "reconstruct" bilateral relations with Beijing during his second meeting in a month with the Chinese counterpart.
Wang expressed his readiness to collaborate with Doval in implementing the significant agreements made by the leaders of both countries, managing issues concerning the border situation, and working together to ensure peace and stability in the border regions.
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