Jaishankar of India and Wang Yi of China—met in Moscow and seemed to have worked out a temporary truce. Another flare-up happened recently when India said Chinese troops fired shots after Indian soldiers took vantage positions on five strategic mountains within the Indian side of the LAC on 29-30 August. During the meeting, Wang had told Jaishankar that as neighbours India and China were bound to have differences. India and China should see the other as a partner and a developmental opportunity, not as a strategic threat, he said. Sun said that “what China and India need right now is cooperation, not confrontation; we need mutual trust, not suspicion.

Source: Mint September 15, 2020 02:26 UTC