India, China discuss LAC situation as Jaishankar meets counterpart Qin

• External Affairs Minister said on Thursday he had discussed the “abnormal” current state of relations with China and the situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), as he held bilateral talks with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang.
• The meeting was focused on addressing “challenges in the bilateral relationship” and specifically the peace and tranquillity on the border.

Last week’s meet

• The two sides last week held their first in-person high-level border talks in more than three years.
• The two sides discussed proposals for disengaging in two remaining friction areas to create conditions to “restore normalcy” in relations, and agreed to hold the next round of talks between senior military commanders at an early date.
• China called for the grouping “to practise true multilateralism, uphold the UN-centred international system and the international order based on international law, and observe the basic norms of international relations underpinned by the purposes and principles of the UN Charter.”

‘New paradigm’

• In bilateral talks with Russian Foreign Minister on the sidelines of the meeting, both sides hailed the closeness of their strategic partnership, which the two countries have recently described as being the best period in their history.

Prelims Take aWay

• G20
• UN
• Location Based Question