After hour-long talks, Rajnath tells Chinese counterpart, ‘focus on cooperation, not conflict’
New Delhi: India and China need to focus on cooperation rather than conflict, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told his Chinese counterpart Admiral Dong Jun in Laos Wednesday as both leaders reviewed ongoing efforts to ease military tensions at the border.
Singh’s comments came after the two held bilateral talks that lasted for an hour, on the first day of the Indian minister’s visit to Vientiane city, Laos.
Singh told Admiral Dong Jun that amicable relations between India and China would have positive implications for global peace and prosperity, according to a statement by the Ministry of Defence (MoD). “Considering that both countries are and will continue to remain neighbours, he mentioned that we need to focus on cooperation rather than conflict,” it read.
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