Various China-Indian assertions regarding the Modi-Jinping meeting: According to the Ministry of External Affairs

China requested the meeting, and India requested the leaders meet at Dragon Bola

PM Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in South Africa on the final day of the BRICS summit on August 24. The Chinese Foreign Ministry stated on August 25, i.e. today, that this meeting was held at India’s request. However, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has flatly denied this assertion.

According to the Foreign Ministry, China’s proposal for a bilateral meeting has been delayed for several months. The talks between the two leaders began only after this. The conversations between Prime Minister Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping were casual.

discussion of the border conflict

According to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, President Jinping of China insisted on enhancing ties between the two nations during the meeting. He claimed that the two leaders had an unplanned, in-depth talk.

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President Jinping stated during this that for there to be peace and progress, good relations were required. Along with this, he discussed the best course of action for both nations in the border conflict in order to achieve peace. PM Modi also brought up the subject of the tension along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

It was decided to scale back the number of soldiers stationed in Ladakh.

The Prime Minister stated that maintaining calm along the border is essential to maintaining good relations between the two nations during their conversation with Xi Jinping. It was decided to have talks with the authorities in order to ease the tension between the two presidents.

On the summit’s final day, both presidents were earlier observed conversing immediately before the press conference. After the conference, Modi and Jinping also exchanged handshakes. Later, Modi and Jinping agreed to reduce military deployment in Ladakh and ease tension, according to Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra.

The border conflict was discussed earlier in November 2022, during the G20 Summit in Indonesia, which was informed this year. PM Modi and President Jinping.

Congress’s query: Whose terms were the decision made under?

The deal reached between India and China to reduce the number of troops stationed in Ladakh has been questioned by the Congress. On the social networking site X (Twitter), Congress leader Manish Tiwari questioned whether this choice was made according to Chinese or Indian rules.

What has happened to India’s position, which we hoped to keep by April 2020? We are not prepared to make any concessions to change this. Manish Tiwari remarked that we would host such a person who has usurped our land at the G-20 conference that will take place next month without mentioning it specifically.

On August 14, there was a level 19 meeting of the Corps Commander.

On August 14, India and China had discussions at the level of the 19th Corps Commander and Major General. The border dispute was thoroughly covered during this. Major Generals PK Mishra and Hariharan, according to the news agency ANI, represented India. In the discussion, there was also talk about CNN Junction and Depsang Plain.

Tensions rose following the Galvan clash.

In 2020, around three years ago, India and China clashed in the Galvan Valley in eastern Ladakh. This resulted in the deaths of 20 Indian soldiers and 38 Chinese soldiers. China, on the other hand, continues to conceal it. After 40 years of conflict between the two countries in the Galvan Valley, such a situation had arisen.

The cause for the Galvan battle was that Indian forces had opted to construct a temporary bridge at one end of the Galvan river. China had begun unlawfully constructing infrastructure in the region. In addition, was boosting the number of troops in this area.