India & China to hold border talks tomorrow ahead of Modi-Xi meet

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WITH about a week to go before Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be face-to-face with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Africa for the BRICS leaders’ summit, India and China will hold their 19th round of military talks Monday as part of continuing efforts to ease the standoff along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh which is in its fourth year now, officials said Saturday. The Indian delegation will be led by 14 Corps Commander Lt Gen Rashim Bali. The last round of talks was held on April 23 ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers’...