External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in his meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, talked about early resolution of all outstanding issues along the LAC in Eastern Ladakh and about disengagement achieved in friction areas.
He reiterated the need to sustain momentum to complete disengagement to restore peace & tranquillity, said MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi.
The EAM reaffirmed the importance of abiding by bilateral protocols that have been reached in the conversation between the 2 ministers.
“They look forward to having a meeting of senior commanders on an early date, as of now we don’t have the date for it,” said Bagchi.
Jaishankar reaffirmed the importance of “fully abiding by bilateral agreements and protocols, and the understandings reached between the two Ministers during their previous conversations.”
In this regard, both the Ministers affirmed that the military and diplomatic officials of the two sides should continue maintaining regular contact and looked forward to the next round of Senior Commanders’ meeting at an early date.
EAM reiterated that the India-China relationship is best served by observing the three mutuals – mutual respect, mutual sensitivity and mutual interests.
The MEA spokesperson also talked about the conversation between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Dalai Lama.
“PM Modi did speak with Dalai Lama last year also. It has been a consistent policy of our government to treat him as a guest in India. He has large followers in the country. His birthday is celebrated in India and across the world,” he added.
Speaking on India’s G20 presidency, Bagchi said that New Delhi will assume the presidency of G20 in December, this year and a large number of G20 events will be organised across the country during our presidency.
On UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s resignation, the MEA spokesperson called it internal developments.
“We are keeping a close watch. PM Modi and PM Johnson enjoyed a close friendship. We have a multi-faceted partnership with the UK and we hope this will continue. We won’t comment on leadership change,” he added.
