China says no ‘third party’ needed after PM Modi, Trump discuss Ladakh standoff

China on Wednesday mentioned there was no want for a “third party” to intervene within the ongoing Sino-India border friction after it emerged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned the state of affairs alongside the LAC in Ladakh with US President Donald Trump throughout a telephone dialog on Tuesday.

Modi and Trump had a “warm and productive” dialog on a spread of matters together with India’s navy standoff with China in Ladakh, New Delhi being invited to the upcoming G7 summit, the continued civil unrest within the US and WHO reforms.

The telephone dialog between Modi and Trump and China’s assertion come got here within the backdrop of the continued standoff between border troops in japanese Ladakh.

When requested to touch upon the particular point out of the India-China border drawback, Chinese overseas ministry spokesperson, Zhao Lijian mentioned each nations had mechanisms to resolve such issues.

“Now the situation (at the border) over there is overall stable and controllable . China and India have a full-fledged border related mechanism and communication channel. We have capability to resolve this issue through dialogue and negotiations. There is no need for intervention of third party,” Zhao mentioned on the common ministry briefing on Wednesday.

Zhao reiterated China’s place on the long-standing border drawback with India.

“China’s position on the border issue is consistent and clear. We have earnestly implemented the important consensus reached between the leaders of the two countries and have strictly abided by the relevant treaty between China and India…” he mentioned.

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China, Zhao added, was “…committed to upholding national territorial security and sovereignty and also to upholding peace and stability in the border region”.

China on Friday had equally rejected Trump’s provide to mediate within the present Sino-India border standoff.

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Trump had tweeted final week that he was prepared to mediate between New Delhi and Beijing to resolve the standoff.

India too had handed the provide with exterior affairs ministry spokesperson, Anurag Srivastava saying “…we are engaged with the Chinese side to peacefully resolve this issue”.