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 during 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 recently met Prime Minister Modi on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan. Met.” “China is ready 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 about the schedule of meetings between leaders and officials.
What did PM Modi and Xi 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 Jinping discussed the withdrawal and resumption of troops from remaining standoff points along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. endorsed the agreement between China. The two leaders also issued instructions to restore various bilateral dialogue mechanisms. In the meeting, Modi emphasized the importance of handling differences and disputes properly and not disturbing peace and stability in the border areas. He said that mutual trust, mutual respect and mutual sensitivity should be the basis of relations. At the same time, Xi said that Sino-Indian relations fundamentally depend on how two large developing countries with a population of about 1.4 billion treat each other. He said China and India should maintain a good strategic perception of each other and work together to find a “true and bright path” for both countries to live in harmony and develop together.
Relations between India and China had reached an all-time low
In June 2020, relations between India and China reached a low point following a military clash in the Galwan Valley. The clash was the deadliest military clash between the two sides in decades. India and China agreed to an agreement on October 21 to withdraw troops from the remaining conflict areas in eastern Ladakh and begin patrolling. The agreement was seen as a major breakthrough in resolving the nearly four-year-old military standoff in eastern Ladakh. Modi and Xi Jinping also directed the special representatives to meet soon for talks on the India-China border issue and to continue their efforts to resolve LAC-related issues. India’s special representative for the talks is National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, while the Chinese side is led by Foreign Minister Wang Yi. The Special Representative Mechanism was established in 2003. Since then, 20 rounds of talks have been held between the two sides. The last conversation was in 2019. (language)
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