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Rajnath to meet Chinese counterpart in Laos today
NEW DELHI [Maha Media]: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will meet his Chinese counterpart Dong Jun on Wednesday in Vientiane, Laos.
The two will meet on the sidelines of the ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting Plus (ADMM-Plus). This will be their first meeting after the disengagement at the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
The last meeting between Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his Chinese counterpart was in April 2023 in India. Then Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu travelled to Delhi for the SCO Defence Ministers meeting.
The Laos meeting comes a month after India and China reached the disengagement agreement along the LAC.
Since then the situation in key flashpoints -- Demchok and Depsang Plains -- has shown improvement. The armies of both countries have dismantled temporary structures in these areas and the patrolling has also resumed. The steps are being taken to restore the status quo as of April 2020.
The relations between the two countries became strained following the clashes in the Galwan Valley in 2020. However, the LAC agreement now seeks to address the tension and maintain the pre-2020 status.
The meeting between Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his Chinese counterpart is expected to build on this progress.
This interaction signals a potential step towards further easing the strained relations between the two neighbours.
