Xiamen,
China, Sept 5: India and China today agreed that that situations like the
Doklam face off that happened recently should not happen again, and for that
they agreed that their Defence personnel should maintain close contact. The
border issues were discussed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese
President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit here today. Briefing
media about the meeting, Foreign Secretary Dr S Jaishankar said here that that
peace and tranquility in the border area were pre-requisite for further
development of relationship between two countries. Without naming Doklam, the
Foreign Secretary said that both the leaders, while recognising that it was
natural that the two countries being a major powers were likely to have some
differences, stressed that their defence personnel should maintain strong
contacts to ensure that the ‘’sort of situation that happened recently did not
recur.' Dr Jaishankar said the meeting last for for about an hour, during which
both sides agreed to take forward the talks. They felt the need of finding
common ground to deal with the differences between their countries. This is the
first bilateral meeting at the top level between the two countries after the
Doklam stand off on the trijunction with Bhutan which last for over two months
and which ended just a few days before Prime Minister Modi embarked on his
visit to China to attend the BRICS Summit. During this period. China had
indulged in shrill war rhetoric, but India maintained silence and continued its
diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis. The face off had resulted after
Indian troops entered Doklam, a territory which is disputed between Bhutan and
China, to stop construction of a road that would have given China close access
to ‘chicken neck’, the narrow strip of land that connects India with its north
eastern states. A per the existing understanding status quo has to be
maintained in Doklam till final resolution of the dispute. UNI
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