Jaishankar and Yi meet after six months, on Munich event sidelines
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had a brief interaction with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on the sidelines of Munich Security Conference on Saturday which was their first meeting since last July.
While the details of the meeting are not yet known, it is understood that the Indian Foreign Minister would have emphasised on early resolution of irritants along the Line of Actual Control that has plagued ties since 2020. The two last met in Indonesia on the sidelines of ASEAN meet in July 2023. Jaishankar had raised outstanding issues with Wang Yi in Indonesia meeting. In that meeting, Jaishankar had underlined the importance of peace on the LAC as a prerequisite for normalcy in the broader relationship, and called for China to take forward disengagement of troops in the two remaining friction points.
Jaishankar has often described the current Sino-Indian ties as abnormal as Indian military maintain high level of alertness along LAC. There have been minimal high level contacts between the two sides since the Galwan crisis. The next edition of the Army level meeting is yet to be organised.
Sources say the Chinese military has continued to drag its feet in the slow-moving negotiations to restore peace and complete disengagement in all seven friction areas that have seen tensions following Chinese transgressions in 2020.
Currently there are no direct flights between India and China. Bilateral trade though have surged. Ahead of the G20 summit last
