India, China Foreign Ministers Discuss Russia's War in Ukraine And Their Border Crisis

Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Image: Twitter/@DRSJAISHANKAR

Bloomberg: India, China Foreign Ministers Discuss Russia's War in Ukraine, Border Crisis

(Bloomberg) -- India and China discussed Russia’s war in Ukraine and their own border standoff during an unannounced visit by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, the first since tensions erupted between the neighbors two years ago.

Ties between New Delhi and Beijing haven’t returned to normal yet and will continue to be disturbed as long as troops remain deployed along their shared Himalayan border, India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar told reporters Friday. “I would describe our current situation as work in progress.”

The threat of bloody hostilities between the nuclear-armed neighbors, like the one witnessed in 2020, remains as military commanders from both sides have made only marginal progress in several meetings over the past two years. Soldiers remain deployed toe-to-toe in several locations as troop pullback has been limited to just three friction points along the border.

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Update #1: No return to normal for China-India ties until border row resolved, New Delhi says (SCMP)

Update #2: India and China for immediate ceasefire in Ukraine - Indian foreign minister (Reuters)

Update #3: China seeks a rapprochement with India as both refuse to condemn Putin over Ukraine (Washington Post)

WNU Editor: The U.S. expects more from India .... U.S. calls India's position over Ukraine 'unsatisfactory' but unsurprising (Reuters).