Preparing for Moscow, Delhi, Beijing work hotlines to dial down tensions
Diplomats in Delhi and Beijing were in touch with each other since Monday evening, The Indian Express has learnt, after the first gunshots were fired. Special Representative-level talks are likely to take place in the coming days.
Preparing for Moscow, Delhi, Beijing work hotlines to dial down tensions
A day after the first incident of firing along the Line of Actual Control in 45 years, New Delhi and Beijing were working the diplomatic hotlines to dial down the tension ahead of the proposed meeting in Moscow between External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart, State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
Monday’s incident came four months after the border standoff began early May and a violent clash on June 15 that killed 20 Indian soldiers and resulted in an unspecified number of Chinese casualties.
Diplomats in Delhi and Beijing were in touch with each other since Monday evening, The Indian Express has learnt, after the first gunshots were fired. Special Representative-level talks are likely to take place in the coming days.
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, who last had a video conference with Wang Yi on July 5, was briefed by officials from the military, intelligence and MEA, sources said. Subsequently, he briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi since…
