India Being Tested, Won't Go Into Prediction Zone, Says Jaishankar on Border Standoff with China

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday said India was being tested in the seven-month-long border standoff with China in eastern Ladakh and expressed confidence it will rise to the occasion and meet the national security challenge. In an interactive session at the FICCI’s annual general meeting, Jaishankar also said that what has happened in eastern Ladakh was not actually in China’s interest as it has significantly impacted public sentiment in India. Calling the “events” along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) very disturbing, the external affairs minister said they have raised some very “basic concerns”. When asked…