China Attempts to Sideline Border Issue after India Adopts Tough Stance during Singh-Shangfu Meet

India made it clear to China that bilateral ties can only develop further if peace and tranquillity at the borders is maintained. China in its readout of the bilateral meeting between Singh and Shangfu released Friday attempted to paint a rosy picture of the bilateral relations and attempted to sideline the border issue. Defence minister Rajnath Singh during a bilateral meeting conveyed to counterpart General Li Shangfu that "development of relations between India and China is premised on prevalence of peace and tranquillity at the borders". "The Raksha Mantri categorically conveyed that development of relations between India and China is…