Situation at Sino-India border ‘generally stable’: China

TIL Desk/World/Beijing/ The situation at the China-India border is “generally stable” and both sides are maintaining dialogue and communication through diplomatic and military channels to ease the border situation following the standoff at eastern Ladakh, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian made the remarks while responding to a question on how China view the current situation at the India-China border and progress in the dialogue between the two countries following Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s remarks on Monday that China has “effectively managed and controlled” frictions in certain border areas.

“I can tell you (that) currently the border situation between China and India is generally stable,” Zhao told a media briefing in Beijing.”The two sides are maintaining dialogue and communication through diplomatic and military channels to work for easing the border situation,” he said, without directly referring to the prolonged military standoff at eastern Ladakh.