India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Doval met top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi and discussed bilateral ties between India and China. Talking about the situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), NSA Doval said that the strategic trust between the two countries has been ‘eroded’ since 2020. He said that the situation along the LAC in the Western Sector of the India-China boundary since 2020 has eroded strategic trust and the public and political basis of the relationship.
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00:00 India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval met top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi and discussed
00:09 bilateral ties between India and China.
00:13 Addressing the situation along the Line of Actual Control or LSE, NSA Doval said that
00:17 the strategic trust between the two countries has been eroded since 2020.
00:23 He said that the situation along the LSE in the western sector of the India-China boundary
00:28 since 2020 has eroded strategic trust and the public and political basis of the relationship.
00:35 India has been locked in a military standoff with China for more than three years.
00:39 The meeting took place on the sidelines of the Friends of Bricks meeting in South Africa
00:43 on Monday.
00:44 It came days after External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Wang Yi.
00:49 Wang Yi is the director of the office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist
00:53 Party of China Central Committee.
00:55 S Jaishankar described the ongoing military standoff with China as the most complex challenge
01:00 he has faced in his diplomatic career.
01:03 This tension has persisted for over three years and India has continually emphasised
01:08 that the bilateral relationship cannot return to normalcy until there is peace in the border
01:12 area.
01:13 However, Wang Yi expressed the importance of enhancing strategic mutual trust and focusing
01:18 on consensus and cooperation.
01:21 Reports said that the Chinese diplomat also highlighted the need to overcome obstacles
01:25 and swiftly bring bilateral relations back on track.
01:28 The two sides agreed that India-China bilateral relationship is significant not only for the
01:33 two countries but also for the world at large.
01:37 Earlier on Monday, Doval called for collective efforts to deal with challenges emanating
01:42 from cyber security at the Friends of Bricks meeting.
01:45 The National Security Advisor also held several bilateral talks with his counterparts from
01:50 the Friends of Bricks countries.
01:52 South Africa is hosting the Bricks Summit next month.
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