Meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping
Beijing: China on Monday said it is ready to implement the consensus reached on key issues between President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi during their meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Russia. Asked about the possibility of a meeting between Modi and Xi on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Brazil, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said: “President Xi Jinping met with Prime Minister Modi We met on the sidelines of the BRICS summit recently in Kazan.” “China is willing to work together with India to implement the consensus reached between the leaders of the two countries on key issues, enhance dialogue and cooperation and promote strategic mutual trust,” he said. Jian said he had no information on the timing of the meeting between leaders and officials.
What did PM Modi and Jinping say?
In a nearly 50-minute meeting held on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in the Russian city of Kazan last month, Modi and Xi discussed withdrawing troops from remaining standoff points along the Line of Actual Control ( LAC) in eastern Ladakh and the resumption of patrols there had supported the agreement between China. The two leaders had also given instructions to reestablish various bilateral dialogue mechanisms. In the meeting, Modi stressed the importance of properly managing differences and disputes and not allowing peace and stability in the border areas to be disturbed. He said mutual trust, mutual respect and mutual sensitivity should remain the basis of relations. At the same time, Xi had said that China-India relations basically depend on how the two major developing countries, each with a population of around 1.4 billion, behave towards each other. He said China and India should maintain good strategic perception of each other and work together to find the “right and bright path” for both countries to live in harmony and develop together.
Relations between India and China had reached a low level
Relations between India and China had hit a low point after the military clash in Galwan Valley in June 2020. This clash was the deadliest military clash between the two sides in recent decades. India and China had reached an agreement on October 21 to withdraw troops from the remaining conflict zones in eastern Ladakh and begin patrolling. The agreement was seen as a major step towards resolving the nearly four-year-old military standoff in eastern Ladakh. Modi and Xi had also directed the Special Representatives to meet soon to discuss the India-China border issue and continue their efforts to resolve issues related to the LAC. India’s special representative for the talks is National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, while the Chinese side is led by External Affairs Minister Wang Yi. The Special Representative Mechanism was established in 2003. Since then, 20 rounds of talks have been held between both sides. The last talks took place in 2019. (Language)
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