The latest meeting between both leaders after the two countries last month began implementing an agreement to end a military standoff in Ladakh and start disengagement.
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.
In the deadliest day of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict since the 2006 war, the Israeli airstrikes killed 492 people, including more than 90 women and children, Lebanese authorities said.
According to the statement released by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), the meeting gave two sides the opportunity to review recent efforts towards finding early resolution of remaining issues along LAC.
Wang said the two countries should take a "rational approach" to rise above differences and frictions to promote sustainable development of bilateral ties. Jaishankar asserted the need to ensure "full respect" to LAC and past agreements to stabilise India-China relations.
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.
Jaishankar is leading the Indian delegation in the SCO meeting in Kazakhstan as Prime Minister Narendra Modi skipped the event. Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russia's Vladimir Putin and Pakistan's Shehbaz Sharif have also arrived in Astana to take part in the meeting.
The talks between Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi and his Pakistani counterpart Ishaq Dar come over a month after five Chinese workers were killed in a terror attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. China has long demanded the safety of the thousands of Chinese workers in Pakistan.
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Washington's increasing sanctions on Chinese companies had reached "bewildering levels of unfathomable absurdity". Tensions between the two superpowers have slightly eased since Biden and Xi staged their landmark summit last year in San Francisco.
Since the war broke out, China has been repeatedly calling for an immediate ceasefire and even offered to mediate peace talks based on the 'two-state solution'. Moreover, China has refrained from condemning the Hamas attack and doesn't consider it a terrorist organisation.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi reiterated calls for an urgent ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war and called on the former to avoid "collective punishment" of Gazans. Members of the Arab and Muslim delegation also echoed China's stance on the conflict.
Bhutan-China border dispute: During the conversation, both Bhutan and China agreed to establish diplomatic ties and resolve the boundary issue as soon as possible to transform the relations between the two neighbours into a legal form.
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi further expressed support for the 'two-state solution' on the Israel-Palestine conflict and said it opposes any act that harms civilians. China has so far not mention or condemn the Hamas surprise attack on Israel.
This would be Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi's first visit to Washington after he assumed the ministry following the mysterious disappearance of his predecessor Li Shangfu. According to Chinese officials, he would discuss a series of issues including the trade relations between the two nations.
Blinken, during his call with Wang Yi, reiterated US support to Israel in the ongoing war against Hamas, which it has designated as a terrorist organisation. On the previous day, the Iranian Foreign Minister had warned of the conflict possibly spreading to other countries if Hezbollah got involved.
Wang will discuss a "wide range of bilateral cooperation issues" with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov during his visit, including a discussion on Ukraine.
BRICS Summit 2023: Interestingly, the statement from Doval came nearly a month after China blocked a joint proposal by India and the US at the United Nations to designate Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Sajid Mir as a global terrorist.
NSA Doval emphasised the importance of restoring peace in border areas to remove impediments to normalcy in India-China bilateral relations.
The two sides both said Qin had accepted an invitation from Blinken to visit Washington but Beijing made clear that “the China-US relationship is at the lowest point since its establishment.”
China-India relation: This statement came in the backdrop of the December 9 faceoff between the Indian and Chinese soldiers in Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang sector.
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