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Rajnath Singh holds review meeting with NSA, military brass to discuss current situation on border

New Delhi
September 11, 2020

A day after meeting between the Foreign Minister of India and China, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is holding a routine security review meeting with top military brass.

According to Defence Ministry officials, the Defence Minister is holding a security review meeting with NSA Ajit Doval, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and the three services chiefs to discuss the ongoing situation on the China border.

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held a detailed discussion with the State Councillor and Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi in Moscow on Thursday on the current tensions in the India China border areas. The meeting lasted two and a half hours.

According to Government sources, Jaishankar said that as the recent incidents in eastern Ladakh have inevitably impacted the development of the bilateral relationship, an urgent resolution of the current situation was in the interest of both nations.

The sources said that during the meeting the Indian side clearly conveyed that it expected full adherence to all agreements on the management of border areas and would not countenance any attempt to change the status quo unilaterally.