PM Modi, China’s Xi Jinping meet, welcome agreement on LAC ‘disengagement’
Modi underscored the importance of handling differences and disputes, and not allowing them to disturb peace at the border, the external affairs ministry said.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday held a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia.
This was the first formal meeting of the two leaders since the military standoff began in mid-2020 along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh.
It came two days after New Delhi announced that India and China had reached a patrolling arrangement along the Line of Actual Control “leading to the disengagement” of the two countries’ militaries in eastern Ladakh.
Border tensions between India and China escalated after June 2020 when a violent face-off between Indian and Chinese soldiers took place in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley along the Line of Actual Control. It led to the deaths of 20 Indian soldiers. Beijing said that the clash left four of its soldiers dead.
Since the Galwan clashes, China and India have held several rounds of military and diplomatic talks to resolve their border standoff.
On Wednesday, the Ministry of External Affairs said that Modi and Xi welcomed the agreement “for complete disengagement and resolution” of the problems at the boundary areas.
During the meeting with Xi, Modi “underscored the importance of properly handling differences and disputes and not allowing them to disturb peace and tranquillity” at the border, the ministry said in a press release.
“The two leaders agreed that the special...
