India to talk with China, Russia before Central Asia meet
India’s foreign minister is expected to hold bilateral talks with counterparts from China and Russia ahead of a Central Asian security forum meeting
PANAJI, India (AP) — India's foreign minister is expected to hold bilateral talks Thursday with counterparts from China and Russia ahead of a Central Asian security forum meeting.
Foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization began arriving in host India's tourist hotspot Goa, where they are expected to discuss deepening economic and security cooperation in the region on Friday.
The planned meeting between India's Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and China's Qin Gang comes as the two countries remain embroiled in a three-year-long intense standoff involving thousands of soldiers stationed along their disputed border in the eastern Ladakh region. During a meeting last week between their defense ministers, India accused its neighbor of eroding ties by violating bilateral agreements, and China said the border conditions were “stable overall.”
A clash three years ago in Ladakh killed 20 Indian soldiers and four Chinese.
