Senior diplomats from China and India on Friday held a video conference to discuss the border standoff ahead of the Lt General-level talks scheduled on Saturday. "The two sides reviewed the state of bilateral relations including the current developments. "The two sides also exchanged views on the challenge posed by the Covid-19 pandemic and cooperation in various multilateral forums," the ministry further said. In thier readout of the call, the Chinese foreign ministry underlined that the two countries should not pose a "threat" to each other and not let their differences turn into disputes. The two armies have already held at least 10 rounds of negotiations between local commanders as well as major general-rank officials but failed to make any breakthrough.

Source: dna June 05, 2020 16:30 UTC