Put issues related to border in ‘proper place’, work for its early normalisation: Chinese FM Qin to Jaishankar

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India and China should put the boundary issue in the “proper place” in bilateral relations and work together to bring the situation at their borders “under normalised management” as soon as possible, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang conveyed to his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar, the foreign ministry said here on Friday. Qin’s first in-person meeting with Jaishankar on Thursday came on the sidelines of the G20 foreign ministers conclave in New Delhi amid the over 34-month-long border row in eastern Ladakh. Qin took charge as Chinese foreign minister in December, succeeding Wang Yi. India has been maintaining that its ties...