PM Modi, Xi Jinping hold talks at BRICS summit, agree to intensify disengagement efforts along LAC

Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President President Xi Jinping spoke at the sidelines of BRICS summit in Johannesburg, and agreed to direct their officials to intensify efforts to expeditious disengagemen and deescalation. The foreign secretary said in a conversation with President Xi, the prime minister highlighted India’s concerns on the unresolved issues along the LAC in the western sector of the India-China border areas. The prime minister underlined that the maintenance of peace and tranquillity in the border areas and observing and respecting the LAC are essential for the normalisation of the India-China…