5 MAY,2023.
Jaishankar discusses LAC with Qin, holds talks with Lavrov, but not Bhutto (PG 1)(GS 2)
5 MAY,2023.
• THE unresolved threeyearold military standoff at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) remained the “focus” of IndiaChina talks as External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang here on Thursday, and held a “detailed” discussion on bilateral ties. This is the second time the two Ministers have held talks this year, as Mr. Qin had earlier attended the G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting in Delhi in March. Mr. Jaishankar also met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Uzbekistan counterpart Bakhtiyor Saidov, after which he hosted them and all the other Foreign Ministers from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), at this Goan beach resort for a meeting on Friday.