China Foreign Minister Visit : India sent a strong message to China

India on Friday conveyed a strong and candid message to China that bilateral ties between the two countries cannot return to normal if the situation in the border areas is "abnormal".

Today, Friday morning Foreign minister S.Jaishankar met China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Delhi. This was shortly after the Chienese foreign minister met the National Security Advisor Ajit Doval in the national capital.

Wang flew into Delhi from Kabul on Thursday evening in an unannounced trip in the first highest-level visit to India by a Chinese leader after the border standoff in eastern Ladakh erupted nearly two years ago.

In his nearly three-hour "candid" talks with visiting Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi, external affairs minister S.Jaishankar asserted that restoration of normalcy in ties will require restoration of peace and tranquillity in the border areas.

At a media briefing shortly after his talks with Wang, Jaishankar said: "If we are both committed to improving our ties then this commitment must find full expression in the ongoing disengagement talks."

Describing the current situation as a "work in progress", he also said that relations between India and China have been "disturbed" as a result of the Chinese actions in April 2020.