NSA Ajit Doval to meet Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi on the sidelines of BRICS NSA summit
BRICS summit, NSA Doval will also bilateral meeting with Yang Jiechi. The meeting between Indian NSA and Chinese diplomat is prominent, especially given the Chinese aggression in East Ladakh in May 2020. While China has been disengagement of troops in Galwan, Gogra-Hot Springs and Pangong Tso lake spurs areas, Chinese troops are yet to disengage from the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in East Ladakh. PLA has also increased its deployment in the Daulet Beg Oldi sector and is not allowing the Indian Army to patrol the Depsang Bulge areas and Chading Ninglung Nullah junction in Demchok.
PLA also hasn't sent back six combined armed brigades it deployed during the National Party Congress in 2022. The six brigades are deployed in the Siliguri corridor along with the Arunachal Pradesh sector. The new threat from the PLA has also led to the Indian Army deploying a lot of military power in this sector.
While NSA Doval is expected to raise the issue of de-escalation in the western and eastern sectors of LAC, not much is expected to come out of the bilateral meeting. According to reports, NSA Doval will also meet his Russian, UAE and Saudi Arabian counterparts. He is expected to exchange views on the Ukraine-Russia war and its impact on the global economy, while also briefing his Russian counterpart Patrushev on the situation in eastern Ladakh and the Indo-Pacific.
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