BRICS Summit: India dismisses China’s claims on meetup. Know more

After forces from both sides engaged in combat on the Himalayan border in June 2020, which resulted in 24 deaths, relations between India and China have been strained for more than three years.

The expulsion from the Indian side followed a similar exchange between Modi and Xi at the G20 meeting in Bali, Indonesia, in November of the previous year. According to an official statement, the two presidents reportedly came to a significant agreement to stabilises the relationship between both their countries respectively.

#WATCH | PM Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping engage in a brief interaction at the 15th BRICS summit in Johannesburg pic.twitter.com/1yE3jstVfx

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India highlights concerns with China on border issue

Vinay Kwatra, Indian Foreign Secretary, told reporters on Thursday that Prime Minister Modi has expressed his concerns to Chinese President Xi over border difficulties along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). According to Foreign Secretary Kwatra, Modi and Xi decided to “direct their relevant officials to intensify efforts at expedited disengagement and de-escalation.”

Modi “emphasised that the preservation of peace and tranquilly in the border areas, as well as observing and respecting the LAC, are essential for the normalisation of the India-China relationship.”

In the meanwhile, according to a report by the Xinhua news agency, Xi reminded Modi that developing ties between China and India was in both nations’ best interests and promoted peace, stability, and prosperity.

The two leaders in the meeting agreed to work on expedited de-escalation along the entire Line of Actual Control (LAC), where tensions have been high since June 2020, when the two sides clashed in eastern Ladakh’s Galwan Valley.  

According to the Chinese, the two leaders shared a candid exchange of views on current China-India relations and other shared interest as well. 

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President Xi, the statement stressed, “improving China-India relations serves common interests of the two countries and peoples, and is also conducive to peace, stability and development of the world and the region”.

Post a comment “The two sides should bear in mind the overall interests of their bilateral relations and handle properly the border issue so as to jointly safeguard peace and tranquility in the border region,” the Chinese foreign ministry said, quoting Xi.