India’s external affairs minister Dr S Jaishankar and Chinese foreign minister spoke for one hour and fifteen minutes on Thursday afternoon, the first such talks since the disengagement at Pangong lake in eastern Ladakh was completed. One of the key outcomes of the talks was the establishment of hotlines between the two countries at the Foreign minister level for timely communication.
EAM recalled the Moscow pact of September 2020 between the 2 countries that laid emphasis on the disengagement. Both ministers had met on the sidelines of Shanghai cooperation organisation FMs meet to discuss the situation at LAC. During the talks, the message from India’s side was to ‘quickly resolve’ the remaining issues at the Line of actual control.
The MEA readout said, “Once disengagement is completed at all friction points, then the two sides could also look at broader de-escalation of troops in the area and work towards the restoration of peace and tranquility.” India’s…
