Vientiane: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar once again stressed the importance of the three mutuals – mutual respect, mutual interest and mutual sensitivity – to India-China ties during his meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the ASEAN-related Foreign Ministers’ meetings in Laos’ capital Vientiane, on Thursday.
“Continued our ongoing discussions about our bilateral relationship. The state of the border will necessarily be reflected on the state of our ties. Agreed on the need to give strong guidance to complete the disengagement process,” EAM Jaishankar posted on X after the meeting with Wang Yi who is also the Member of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Political Bureau.
“Must ensure full respect for the LAC and past agreements. It is in our mutual interest to stabilize our ties. We should approach the immediate issues with a sense of purpose and urgency,” Jaishankar added.
The meeting, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a statement later, gave the two ministers an opportunity to review the situation since their last meeting at Astana in July, with their talks focusing on “finding an early resolution” of the remaining issues along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) to stabilise and rebuild bilateral relations.
