Differences must not become disputes: Jaishankar to Wang

INDIA AND CHINA should adopt a "candid and constructive" approach in moving ahead in the ties that must be based on mutual respect, mutual sensitivity and mutual interest, external affairs minister S Jaishankar told his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Monday.

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

In his opening remarks at a meeting with Wang, the external affairs minister pitched for taking forward the de-escalation process in the border areas along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh that witnessed over a four-year face-off between the militaries of the two nations.

Wang will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and national security advisor Ajit Doval on Tuesday.

Jaishankar held wide-ranging talks with the Chinese foreign minister shortly after he landed in Delhi on a two-day visit that came days ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's planned trip to China to attend the annual summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).