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India has tactfully rejected any role for a third party in solving its border dispute with China after US President Donald Trump offered to mediate the lingering issue between the two neighbourhoods.
Trump, during a media briefing after he met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said that he was ready to extend support if it could help in resolving the long-standing tensions between New Delhi and Beijing.
Addressing the media, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said on Thursday (Friday IST) that New Delhi has always adopted its long-standing position that such issues must be “resolved bilaterally".
“ I look at India, I do see the skirmishes on the border, which are quite vicious, and I guess they continue to go on. If I could be of help, I'd love to help, because that should be stopped,
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“ That's been going on for a long time. I would hope that China and India and Russia and the US and all of us can get along. It's very important,
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