Defence minister Rajnath Singh, Chinese counterpart Dong Jun hold bilateral meeting on Asean sidelines | India News – Times of India
Photo: X/@DefenceMinIndia NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday held bilateral talks with Chinese counterpart Dong Jun in Laos's Vientiane on the sidelines of the 11th Asean Defence Ministers Meeting-Plus (ADMM Plus).Singh's meeting comes weeks after New Delhi and Beijing reached an agreement to break the border impasse by agreeing to pull their troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) to the pre-2020 position, the year that saw a deadly clash between forces of both nations in Galwan.Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the margins of the Brics summit on October 23.The meeting between the defence minister and Dong Jun is an important event as it is anticipated that there could be discussion over the next phase...