India and China Agree to Work Urgently to Achieve the Withdrawal of Troops on Their Disputed Border

India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi and discussed early resolution of the military standoff at remaining points along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh to stabilise and rebuild bilateral relations.

The two leaders met in Vientiane, Laos on the sidelines of a foreign ministers’ meetings linked to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. This was their second meeting in July. The two leaders had met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana on July 4.

“The meeting [on Thursday] gave the two ministers an opportunity to review the situation since their last meeting at Astana on 4 July 2024,” India’s external affairs ministry said in a press statement.