Jaishankar Meets Xi Jinping, Discusses India-China Ties

Beijing: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his counterparts from the SCO member nations on Tuesday met Chinese President Xi Jinping.In a social media post, Jaishankar said he apprised President Xi about the recent development in India-China bilateral ties. The external affairs minister landed in China on Monday on a two-day visit to attend a conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). It is his first visit to China since bilateral ties witnessed a severe downturn following the Galwan Valley clashes in June 2020. “Called on President Xi Jinping this morning in Beijing along with my fellow SCO Foreign Ministers,”…