Last week, the two countries’ defence chiefs held talks in Laos and committed to cooperation – the latest in a series of moves that analysts have called a “strategic recalibration” in response to pressures from the West. As Beijing seeks to reform the global economic architecture and New Delhi pursues its multidimensional foreign policy, their…
Indian External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to discuss critical aspects of the India-China relationship. Wang Yi in his meet with Jaishankar in Rio, urged resumption of direct flight between India and China. In 2020, amid…
Oct 31, 2024 09:40 PM IST “The Indian Army and our government are sincere in upholding the pact, but China must also adhere to it,” Ladakh MP Haji Hanifa Jan said. Ladakh MP Haji Hanifa Jan has said trusting the Chinese is ‘difficult,’ days after India and China reached an agreement to disengage from various…
It should not come as a big surprise that China and India finally came to their senses and agreed to end their four-year-old border hostilities, at least for now. But the timing of the detente – which occurred during a Russia-hosted event ahead of the US presidential election next week – is rather curious. New…
New Delhi: Despite the patrolling agreement with China, which was announced earlier this week, it will take time to rebuild trust and for the two countries to be willing to work with each other, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said. During an interaction with students from a university in Pune on Saturday, Mr Jaishankar…
The historic agreement between India and China for the disengagement of forces at the two friction points at Demhcok and Depsang plains in Ladakh is likely to be concluded by October 28-29, reported PTI citing sources on Friday. According to the news agency, the two forces will begin patrolling at the key friction points after…
India and China have announced that they have reached an agreement on patrolling their common border after more than four years of tension. Can this boost trade and investment flow between the two economic powers? Mint explains: How significant is the border pact? It is a first step towards rebuilding their relationship which took a…
China confirmed on October 22 that it has reached an agreement with India to end the border standoff in eastern Ladakh, PTI reported. “Over a recent period, China and India have been in close communication through diplomatic and military channels on issues related to the China-India border,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told reporters…
After four years, and four months, 17 rounds of meetings of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination (WMCC) on border affairs, 21 rounds of military dialogue, and long-drawn, tedious and difficult negotiations at diplomatic and political levels, the Narendra Modi government has managed to convince the Xi Jinping regime to restore its patrolling rights…