Indian troops occupied heights in the Chushul sector for area domination and New Delhi telling Beijing that negotiations can now be the only way forward to resolve the border tension in Ladakh. Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe seek a meeting Friday with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation gathering of Defence Ministers in Moscow.
India and China are members of SCO and Singh and Wei are currently in Moscow to attend a meeting of SCO defence ministers.
The comments by the Ministry of External Affairs(MEA) that blame on China for the prolonged border standoff came even as Chief of Defence Staff(CDS) Gen. Bipin Rawat asserted that India’s armed forces are capable of handling aggressive Chinese actions in “best suitable ways”.
Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday he was “totally convinced” that a solution to the India-China border row had to be found in the domain of diplomacy.
“I am also conscious that you have the situation that we have in border areas of the western sector (across Ladakh). Because we have the long (term) view, our position there has been very clear–we have agreements and understandings with China. The agreements and understandings must be scrupulously observed by both parties,” Mr Jaishankar said at an online event for the launch of his book.
“The reality is what happens at the border will impact the relationship, you cannot separate it. I made this point a few days earlier in another context, I would say that I am totally convinced that the solution to the situation has to be found in the domain of diplomacy. And I say that with responsibility,” he said, according to Press Trust of India.